Metallocene compound, process for preparing metallocene compund, olefin polymerization catalyst, process for preparing polyolefin, and polyolefin

ABSTRACT

The metallocene compound according to the invention and the olefin polymerization catalyst containing the compound are intended to produce a catalyst capable of preparing an isotactic polymer with a high polymerization activity. The metallocene compound contains a substituted cyclopentadienyl group and a (substituted) fluorenyl group and has a structure wherein these groups are bridged by a hydrocarbon group or the like. The process for preparing a metallocene compound according to the invention is intended to selectively prepare a specific metallocene compound so as not to produce an isomer, and in this process an intermediate product is synthesized by a specific method. The process for preparing a polyolefin according to the invention is intended to prepare a polyolefin having excellent impact resistance and transparency, and this process comprises homopolymerizing an α-olefin of 3 to 8 carbon-atoms or copolymerizing an olefin of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and another α-olefin in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst containing the above-mentioned metallocene compound.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a metallocene compound having aspecific structure, a process for preparing the metallocene compound, anolefin polymerization catalyst containing the metallocene compound, aprocess for preparing a polyolefin using the olefin polymerizationcatalyst, and a polyolefin.

BACKGROUND ART

The “metallocene compound” is well known as a homogeneous catalyst forolefin polymerization. Since the isotactic polymerization was reportedby W. Kaminsky, et al. (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 24, 507 (1985)),there have been made many improvements in the olefin polymerizationprocess using a metallocene compound, particularly a process forstereoregularly polymerizing an α-olefin. As an example of theimprovement, a metallocene compound having a C2 symmetric structurewherein some hydrogen atoms of the cyclopentadienyl group in the ligandpart are replaced with alkyl groups has been reported (by Yamazaki, etal., Chemistry Letters, 1853 (1989), Japanese Patent Laid-OpenPublication No. 268307/1992). As like attempts, further, a large numberof attempts to improve the isotactic stereoregularity of an olefinpolymer by the use of a metallocene compound having, as a ligand, abisindenyl derivative having a C2 symmetric structure have been reported(e.g., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 31, 1347 (1992), Organometallics,13, 954 (1994)).

The metallocene compound of the C2 symmetric structure, however, isusually obtained as a mixture of a racemic modification and amesoisomer, and only the racemic modification provides an isotacticpolymer, while obtainable from the mesoisomer is only an atacticpolymer, so that it is necessary to separate the racemic modificationand the mesoisomer from each other in order to selectively obtain theisotactic polymer.

On the other hand, J. A. Ewen has found that an α-olefin is polymerizedwith syndiotactic stereoregularity by the use of a metallocene compoundhaving a Cs symmetric structure wherein the cyclopentadienyl group andthe fluorenyl group are bridged by dimethylmethylene (J. Am. Chem. Soc.,110, 6255 (1988)). To improve the metallocene compound, an attempt tointroduce tert-butyl groups at the 2-position and the 7-position of thefluorenyl group and thereby further control the syndiotacticstereoregularity has been made (Japanese Patent Laid-Open PublicationNo. 69394/1992).

In addition, an attempt to synthesize an isotactic polymer by the use ofa metallocene compound having a C1 symmetric structure that is differentfrom the C2 symmetric and the Cs symmetric structures has been reported(see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publications No.193796/1991 and No. 122718/1994, EP 0881236).

The polymerization activities of these metallocene compounds, however,are still-insufficient, and hence development of metallocene compoundshaving excellent polymerization activities and olefin polymerizationcatalysts containing such metallocene compounds has been desired.

The metallocene compounds having Cs and C1 symmetric structures have anadvantage in that the structural isomers such as a mesoisomer and aracemic modification are not produced, differently from the metallocenecompound having a C2 symmetric structure.

Of the above metallocene compounds, the metallocene compound of the C1symmetric structure, however, has a problem in that an unnecessaryisomer wherein the substituent group is attached at a position differentfrom the intended proper position is produced depending upon thepreparation process. When such an isomer is used as, for example, anolefin polymerization catalyst, unfavorable results such as productionof an atactic polymer as a by-product are often brought about. Hence,development of a process for selectively preparing a metallocenecompound in which such an unnecessary isomer is not included has beendesired.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

The metallocene compound according to the invention is represented bythe following formula (1) or (2):

wherein R³ is selected from a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containinghydrocarbon group; R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹, R¹², R¹³and R¹⁴ may be the same or different and are each selected from ahydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing hydrocarbongroup; of the groups indicated by R¹ to R¹², neighboring groups may bebonded to form a ring; in case of the formula (1), a group selected fromR¹, R⁴, R⁵ and R¹² may be bonded to R¹³ or R¹⁴ to form a ring; A is adivalent hydrocarbon group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may contain anunsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring; A may contain two or morecyclic structures including a ring formed by A in cooperation with Y; Yis a carbon atom or a silicon atom; M is a metal selected from Group 4of the periodic table; j is an integer of 1 to 4; Q is selected from ahalogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an anionic ligand and a neutralligand capable of coordination by a lone pair; and when j is 2 orgreater, each Q may be the same or different.

Another embodiment of the metallocene compound of the invention isrepresented by the following formula (1a) or (2a):

wherein R³ is selected from a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containinghydrocarbon group; R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹, R¹², R¹³and R¹⁴ may be the same or different and are each selected from ahydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing hydrocarbongroup; in case of a compound of the formula (1a), when R³ is atert-butyl group or a trimethylsilyl group and when R¹³ and R¹⁴ aremethyl groups or phenyl groups at the same time, R⁶ and R¹¹ are nothydrogen atoms at the same time; of the groups indicated by R¹ to R¹²,neighboring groups may be bonded to form a ring; in case of the formula(1a), a group selected from R¹, R⁴, R⁵ and R¹² may be bonded to R¹³ orR¹⁴ to form a ring; A is a divalent hydrocarbon group of 2 to 20 carbonatoms which may contain an unsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring; Amay contain two or more cyclic structures including a ring formed by Ain cooperation with Y; Y is a carbon atom or a silicon atom; M is ametal selected from Group 4 of the periodic table; j is an integer of 1to 4; Q is selected from a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an anionicligand and a neutral ligand capable of coordination by a lone pair; andwhen j is 2 or greater, each Q may be the same or different.

A further embodiment of the metallocene compound of the invention isrepresented by the following formula (1b) or (2b):

wherein R²¹and R²² may be the same or different and are each selectedfrom a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing hydrocarbon group; R⁵,R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹, R¹², R¹³ and R¹⁴ may be the same or differentand are each selected from a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group and asilicon-containing hydrocarbon group; of the groups indicated by R⁵ toR¹², neighboring groups may be bonded to form a ring; A is a divalenthydrocarbon group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may contain anunsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring; A may contain two or morecyclic structures including a ring formed by A in cooperation with Y; Mis a metal selected from Group 4 of the periodic table; Y is a carbonatom or a silicon atom; j is an integer of 1 to 4; Q is selected from ahalogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an anionic ligand and a neutralligand capable of coordination by a lone pair; and when j is 2 orgreater, each Q may be the same or different.

The process for preparing a metallocene compound according to theinvention comprises selectively preparing a metallocene compoundrepresented by the above formula (1b) or (2b) so as not to include anisomeric compound represented by the following formula (3b), (4b), (5b)or (6b):

wherein R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A, M, Y, Q and j have the same meanings asthose of R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A, M, Y, Q and j in the formula (1b) or(2b), respectively.

In the present invention, it is preferable that a ligand precursorrepresented by the following formula (7b) or (8b) is selectivelyprepared so as not to include an isomeric compound represented by thefollowing formula (9b), (10b), (11b) or (12b) and the resulting ligandprecursor is used as a material to selectively prepare the metallocenecompound represented by the formula (1b) or (2b);

wherein R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A and Y have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A and Y in the formula (1b) or (2b), respectively;and the cyclopentadienyl group may be another isomer different in onlythe position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixturethereof;

wherein R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A and Y have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, A and Y in the formula (1b) or (2b), respectively;and the cyclopentadienyl group may be another isomer different in onlythe position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixturethereof.

In the present invention, further, it is preferable that a precursorcompound represented by the following formula (13b) or (14b) isselectively prepared so as not to include an isomeric compoundrepresented by the following formula (15b), (16b), (17b) or (18b) andthe resulting precursor compound is used as a material to selectivelyprepare the ligand precursor represented by the formula (7b) or (8b);

wherein R²¹, R²², R¹³, R¹⁴, Y and A have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R¹³, R¹⁴, Y and A in the formula (1b) or (2b), respectively;

wherein R²¹, R²², R¹³, R¹⁴, Y and A have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R¹³, R¹⁴, Y and A in the formula (1b) or (2b), respectively.

In the present invention, furthermore, it is preferable thatcyclopentadiene represented by the following formula (19b) isselectively prepared so as not to include an isomeric compoundrepresented by the following formula (20b) and the resultingcyclopentadiene is used as a material to selectively prepare theprecursor compound represented by the formula (13b) or (14b);

wherein R²¹ and R²² have the same meanings as those of R²¹ and R²² inthe formula (1b) or (2b), respectively; and the cyclopentadienyl groupmay be another isomer different in only the position of a double bond inthe cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixture thereof;

wherein R²¹ and R²² have the same meanings as those of R²¹ and R²² inthe formula (1b) or (2b), respectively; and the cyclopentadienyl groupmay be another isomer different in only the position of a double bond inthe cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixture thereof.

The olefin polymerization catalyst according to the invention comprisesany one of the above-mentioned metallocene compounds.

The olefin polymerization catalyst of the invention may be an olefinpolymerization catalyst comprising:

-   -   (A) any one of the above-mentioned metallocene compounds, and    -   (B) at least one compound selected from:        -   (B-1) an organometallic compound,        -   (B-2) an organoaluminum oxy-compound, and        -   (B-3) a compound which reacts with the metallocene            compound (A) to form an ion pair.

The olefin polymerization catalyst of the invention may be an olefinpolymerization catalyst comprising the above-mentioned olefinpolymerization catalyst and (C) a particle carrier.

The process for preparing a polyolefin according to the inventioncomprises polymerizing or copolymerizing an olefin in the presence ofany one of the above-mentioned olefin polymerization catalysts.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the metallocene compound(A) is a metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2) andat least 2 kinds of olefins are copolymerized. It is also preferablethat the metallocene compound (A) is a metallocene compound representedby the formula (1a) or (2a) and a single olefin is polymerized.

The polyolefin according to the invention comprises recurring units (U₁)derived from one α-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atomsin amounts of 50 to 100% by mol and recurring units (U₂) other than therecurring units (U₁), said recurring units (U₂) being derived from atleast one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, inamounts of 50 to 0% by mol, and has the following properties:

-   -   (i) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%,    -   (ii) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        gel permeation chromatography is in the range of 1 to 3, and.    -   (iii) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more        than 2% by weight.

The polyolefin preferably comprises recurring units derived frompropylene in amounts of 50 to 99.5% by mol and recurring units derivedfrom at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atomsother than propylene in amounts of 50 to 0.5% by mol.

Another embodiment of the polyolefin of the invention is a homopolymerof one α-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and hasthe following properties:

-   -   (i) the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum        measurement is not less than 85%,    -   (ii) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%,    -   (iii) the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min,    -   (iv) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        gel permeation chromatography is in the range of 1 to 3,    -   (v) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than        2% by weight, and    -   (vi) the melting point (Tm) as measured by a differential        scanning calorimeter is not lower than 140° C.

The polyolefin is preferably a homopolymer of propylene.

A further embodiment of the polyolefin of the invention is a polyolefincomprising recurring units (U₁) derived from one α-olefin selected fromα-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amounts of 95 to 99.5% by mol andrecurring units (U₂) other than the recurring units (U₁), said recurringunits (U₂) being derived from at least one olefin selected fromα-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, in amounts of 5 to 0.05% by mol, andhas the following properties:

-   -   (i) the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum        measurement is not less than 80%,    -   (ii) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%,    -   (iii) the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min,    -   (iv) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        gel permeation chromatography is in the range of 1 to 3,    -   (v) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than        2% by weight, and    -   (vi) the melting point (Tm) as measured by a differential        scanning calorimeter is not higher than 145° C.

The polyolefin preferably comprises recurring units derived frompropylene in amounts of 95 to 99.5% by mol and recurring units derivedfrom at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atomsother than propylene in amounts of 5 to 0.5% by mol.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a view to explain an embodiment of a process for preparing theolefin polymerization catalyst according to the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The metallocene compound, the process for preparing the metallocenecompound, the olefin polymerization catalyst, the process for preparinga polyolefin, and the polyolefin according to the invention aredescribed in detail hereinafter.

Metallocene Compound

The metallocene compound according to the invention is represented bythe following formula (1) or (2).

In the formula (1) or (2), R³ is selected from a hydrocarbon group and asilicon-containing hydrocarbon group.

The hydrocarbon group preferably is, for example, an alkyl group of 1 to20 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of 7 to 20 carbon atoms, an arylgroup of 6 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkylaryl group of 7 to 20 carbonatoms. R³ may be a cyclic hydrocarbon group containing a heteroatom(e.g., sulfur or oxygen), such as thienyl or furyl.

Specific examples of such groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl,1,1-diethylpropyl, 1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl, 1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropyl,sec-butyl, tert-butyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,1,3-trimethylbutyl,neopentyl, cyclohexylmethyl, cyclohexyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl,1-adamantyl, 2-adamantyl, 2-methyl-2-adamantyl, menthyl, norbornyl,benzyl, 2-phenylethyl, 1-tetrahydronaphthyl,1-methyl-1-tetrahydronaphthyl, phenyl, naphthyl and tolyl.

The silicon-containing hydrocarbon group is preferably an alkylsilyl orarylsilyl group having 1 to 4 silicon atoms and 3 to 20 carbon atoms.

Specific examples of such groups include trimethylsilyl,tert-butyldimethylsilyl and triphenylsilyl.

R³ is preferably a sterically bulky substituent group, more preferably asubstituent group of 4 or more carbon atoms.

In the formula (1) or (2), R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹,R¹², R¹³ and R¹⁴ may be the same or different and are each selected froma hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containinghydrocarbon group. Preferred examples of the hydrocarbon groups and thesilicon-containing hydrocarbon groups include the same ones as described above.

The neighboring substituent groups of R¹ to R⁴ on the cyclopentadienylring may be bonded to form a ring. Examples of such substitutedcyclopentadienyl groups include indenyl, 2-methylindenyl,tetrahydroindenyl, 2-methyltetrahydroindenyl and2,4,4-trimethyltetrahydroindenyl.

The neighboring substituent groups of R⁵ to R¹² on the fluorene ring maybe bonded to form a ring. Examples of such substituted fluorenyl groupsinclude benzofluorenyl, dibenzbfluorenyl, octahydrodibenzofluorenyl andoctamethyloctahydrodibenzofluorenyl.

The substituent groups of R⁵ to R¹² on the fluorene ring are preferredto be bilaterally symmetric from the viewpoint of ease of synthesis.That is, R⁵ and R¹², R⁶ and R¹¹, R⁷ and R¹⁰, and R⁸ and R⁹ are preferredto be the same groups, and unsubstituted fluorene, 3,6-di-substitutedfluorene, 2,7-di-substituted fluorene or 2,3,6,7-tetra-substitutedfluorene is more preferred. The 3-position., 6-position, 2-position and7-position of the fluorene ring correspond to R⁷, R¹⁰, R⁶ and R¹¹,respectively.

In the formula (1) or (2), Y is a carbon atom or a silicon atom.

In the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1), R¹³ and R¹⁴are bonded to Y and become a bridge part to form a substituted methylenegroup or a substituted silylene group. Preferred examples thereofinclude methylene, dimethylmethylene, diethylmethylene,diisopropylmethylene, methyl-tert-butylmethylene,di-tert-butylmethylene, dicyclohexylmethylene,methylcyclohexylmethylene, methylphenylmethylene, diphenylmethylene,methylnaphthylmethylene, dinaphthylmethylene, dimethylsilylene,diisopropylsilylene, methyl-tert-butylsilylene, dicyclohexylsilylene,methylcyclohexylsilylene, methylphenylsilylene, diphenylsilylene,methylnaphthylsilylene and dinaphthylsilylene.

In the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1), asubstituent group selected from R¹, R⁴, R⁵ and R¹² may be bonded to R¹³or R¹⁴ of the bridge part to form a ring. An example of such structurewherein R¹ and R¹⁴ are bonded to each other to form a ring is givenbelow. In the metallocene compound represented by the following formula(Ic), the bridge part and the cyclopentadienyl group are united to formtetrahydropentalene skeleton, while in the metallocene compoundrepresented by the following formula (Id), the bridge part and thecyclopentadienyl group are united to form tetrahydroindenyl skeleton.Likewise, the bridge part and the fluorenyl group may be bonded to forma ring.

In the metallocene compound represented by the formula (2). A is adivalent hydrocarbon group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may contain anunsaturated bond and/or an aromatic ring, and Y is bonded to A to form acycloalkylidene group, a cyclomethylenesilylene group or the like.

A may contain two or more cyclic structures including a ring formed by Ain cooperation with Y. Preferred examples thereof includecyclopropylidene, cyclobutylidene, cyclopentylidene, cyclohexylidene,cycloheptylidene, bicyclo[3,3,1]nonylidene, norbornylidene,adamantylidene, tetrahydronaphthylidene, dihydroindanylidene,cyclodimethylenesilylene, cyclotrimethylenesilylene,cyclotetramethylenesilylene, cyclopentamethylenesilylene,cyclohexamethylenesilylene and cycloheptamethylenesilylene.

In the formula (1) or (2), M is a metal selected from Group 4 of theperiodic table and is specifically titanium, zirconium or hafnium.

In the formula (1) or (2), j is an integer of 1 to 4.

In the formula (1) or (2), Q is selected from a halogen atom, ahydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an anionic ligand and aneutral ligand capable of coordination by a lone pair. When j is 2 orgreater, each Q may be the same or different.

Examples of the halogen atoms include fluorine, chlorine, bromine andiodine. Examples of the hydrocarbon groups include the same ones aspreviously described.

Examples of the anionic ligands include alkoxy groups, such as methoxy,tert-butoxy and phenoxy, carboxylate groups, such as acetate andbenzoate; and sulfonate groups, such as mesylate and tosylate.

Examples of the neutral ligands capable of coordination by a lone pairinclude organophosphorus compounds, such as trimethylphosphine,triethylphosphine, triphenylphosphine and diphenylmethylphosphine; andethers, such as tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, dioxane and1,2-dimethoxyethane.

At least one of Q is preferably a halogen atom or an alkyl group.

Examples of the metallocene compounds represented by the formula (1) or(2) according to the invention are given below.

The ligand structure excluding MQj (metal part) in the metallocenecompound is divided into three parts of Cp (cyclopentadienyl ring part),Bridge (bridge part) and Flu (fluorenyl ring part), and specificexamples of these partial structures and specific examples of ligandstructures formed by combination of these partial structures aredescribed first.

EXAMPLES OF Cp

EXAMPLES OF BRIDGE

EXAMPLES OF FLU

Examples of the ligand structures are described in the following table.No. Cp Bridge Flu 1 a 1 b 1 c 1 2 a 2 b 1 c 1 3 a 3 b 1 c 1 4 a 4 b 1 c1 5 a 5 b 1 c 1 6 a 6 b 1 c 1 7 a 7 b 1 c 1 8 a 8 b 1 c 1 9 a 9 b 1 c 110 a 10 b 1 c 1 11 a 11 b 1 c 1 12 a 12 b 1 c 1 13 a 13 b 1 c 1 14 a 14b 1 c 1 15 a 15 b 1 c 1 16 a 16 b 1 c 1 17 a 17 b 1 c 1 18 a 18 b 1 c 119 a 19 b 1 c 1 20 a 20 b 1 c 1 21 a 21 b 1 c 1 22 a 22 b 1 c 1 23 a 23b 1 c 1 24 a 24 b 1 c 1 25 a 25 b 1 c 1 26 a 1 b 2 c 1 27 a 2 b 2 c 1 28a 3 b 2 c 1 29 a 4 b 2 c 1 30 a 5 b 2 c 1 31 a 6 b 2 c 1 32 a 7 b 2 c 133 a 8 b 2 c 1 34 a 9 b 2 c 1 35 a 10 b 2 c 1 36 a 11 b 2 c 1 37 a 12 b2 c 1 38 a 13 b 2 c 1 39 a 14 b 2 c 1 40 a 15 b 2 c 1 41 a 16 b 2 c 1 42a 17 b 2 c 1 43 a 18 b 2 c 1 44 a 19 b 2 c 1 45 a 20 b 2 c 1 46 a 21 b 2c 1 47 a 22 b 2 c 1 48 a 23 b 2 c 1 49 a 24 b 2 c 1 50 a 25 b 2 c 1 51 a1 b 3 c 1 52 a 2 b 3 c 1 53 a 3 b 3 c 1 54 a 4 b 3 c 1 55 a 5 b 3 c 1 56a 6 b 3 c 1 57 a 7 b 3 c 1 58 a 8 b 3 c 1 59 a 9 b 3 c 1 60 a 10 b 3 c 161 a 11 b 3 c 1 62 a 12 b 3 c 1 63 a 13 b 3 c 1 64 a 14 b 3 c 1 65 a 15b 3 c 1 66 a 16 b 3 c 1 67 a 17 b 3 c 1 68 a 18 b 3 c 1 69 a 19 b 3 c 170 a 20 b 3 c 1 71 a 21 b 3 c 1 72 a 22 b 3 c 1 73 a 23 b 3 c 1 74 a 24b 3 c 1 75 a 25 b 3 c 1 76 a 1 b 4 c 1 77 a 2 b 4 c 1 78 a 3 b 4 c 1 79a 4 b 4 c 1 80 a 5 b 4 c 1 81 a 6 b 4 c 1 82 a 7 b 4 c 1 83 a 8 b 4 c 184 a 9 b 4 c 1 85 a 10 b 4 c 1 86 a 11 b 4 c 1 87 a 12 b 4 c 1 88 a 13 b4 c 1 89 a 14 b 4 c 1 90 a 15 b 4 c 1 91 a 16 b 4 c 1 92 a 17 b 4 c 1 93a 18 b 4 c 1 94 a 19 b 4 c 1 95 a 20 b 4 c 1 96 a 21 b 4 c 1 97 a 22 b 4c 1 98 a 23 b 4 c 1 99 a 24 b 4 c 1 100 a 25 b 4 c 1 101 a 1 b 5 c 1 102a 2 b 5 c 1 103 a 3 b 5 c 1 104 a 4 b 5 c 1 105 a 5 b 5 c 1 106 a 6 b 5c 1 107 a 7 b 5 c 1 108 a 8 b 5 c 1 109 a 9 b 5 c 1 110 a 10 b 5 c 1 111a 11 b 5 c 1 112 a 12 b 5 c 1 113 a 13 b 5 c 1 114 a 14 b 5 c 1 115 a 15b 5 c 1 116 a 16 b 5 c 1 117 a 17 b 5 c 1 118 a 18 b 5 c 1 119 a 19 b 5c 1 120 a 20 b 5 c 1 121 a 21 b 5 c 1 122 a 22 b 5 c 1 123 a 23 b 5 c 1124 a 24 b 5 c 1 125 a 25 b 5 c 1 126 a 1 b 6 c 1 127 a 2 b 6 c 1 128 a3 b 6 c 1 129 a 4 b 6 c 1 130 a 5 b 6 c 1 131 a 6 b 6 c 1 132 a 7 b 6 c1 133 a 8 b 6 c 1 134 a 9 b 6 c 1 135 a 10 b 6 c 1 136 a 11 b 6 c 1 137a 12 b 6 c 1 138 a 13 b 6 c 1 139 a 14 b 6 c 1 140 a 15 b 6 c 1 141 a 16b 6 c 1 142 a 17 b 6 c 1 143 a 18 b 6 c 1 144 a 19 b 6 c 1 145 a 20 b 6c 1 146 a 21 b 6 c 1 147 a 22 b 6 c 1 148 a 23 b 6 c 1 149 a 24 b 6 c 1150 a 25 b 6 c 1 151 a 1 b 7 c 1 152 a 2 b 7 c 1 153 a 3 b 7 c 1 154 a 4b 7 c 1 155 a 5 b 7 c 1 156 a 6 b 7 c 1 157 a 7 b 7 c 1 158 a 8 b 7 c 1159 a 9 b 7 c 1 160 a 10 b 7 c 1 161 a 11 b 7 c 1 162 a 12 b 7 c 1 163 a13 b 7 c 1 164 a 14 b 7 c 1 165 a 15 b 7 c 1 166 a 16 b 7 c 1 167 a 17 b7 c 1 168 a 18 b 7 c 1 169 a 19 b 7 c 1 170 a 20 b 7 c 1 171 a 21 b 7 c1 172 a 22 b 7 c 1 173 a 23 b 7 c 1 174 a 24 b 7 c 1 175 a 25 b 7 c 1176 a 1 b 8 c 1 177 a 2 b 8 c 1 178 a 3 b 8 c 1 179 a 4 b 8 c 1 180 a 5b 8 c 1 181 a 6 b 8 c 1 182 a 7 b 8 c 1 183 a 8 b 8 c 1 184 a 9 b 8 c 1185 a 10 b 8 c 1 186 a 11 b 8 c 1 187 a 12 b 8 c 1 188 a 13 b 8 c 1 189a 14 b 8 c 1 190 a 15 b 8 c 1 191 a 16 b 8 c 1 192 a 17 b 8 c 1 193 a 18b 8 c 1 194 a 19 b 8 c 1 195 a 20 b 8 c 1 196 a 21 b 8 c 1 197 a 22 b 8c 1 198 a 23 b 8 c 1 199 a 24 b 8 c 1 200 a 25 b 8 c 1 201 a 1 b 9 c 1202 a 2 b 9 c 1 203 a 3 b 9 c 1 204 a 4 b 9 c 1 205 a 5 b 9 c 1 206 a 6b 9 c 1 207 a 7 b 9 c 1 208 a 8 b 9 c 1 209 a 9 b 9 c 1 210 a 10 b 9 c 1211 a 11 b 9 c 1 212 a 12 b 9 c 1 213 a 13 b 9 c 1 214 a 14 b 9 c 1 215a 15 b 9 c 1 216 a 16 b 9 c 1 217 a 17 b 9 c 1 218 a 18 b 9 c 1 219 a 19b 9 c 1 220 a 20 b 9 c 1 221 a 21 b 9 c 1 222 a 22 b 9 c 1 223 a 23 b 9c 1 224 a 24 b 9 c 1 225 a 25 b 9 c 1 226 a 1 b 10 c 1 227 a 2 b 10 c 1228 a 3 b 10 c 1 229 a 4 b 10 c 1 230 a 5 b 10 c 1 231 a 6 b 10 c 1 232a 7 b 10 c 1 233 a 8 b 10 c 1 234 a 9 b 10 c 1 235 a 10 b 10 c 1 236 a11 b 10 c 1 237 a 12 b 10 c 1 238 a 13 b 10 c 1 239 a 14 b 10 c 1 240 a15 b 10 c 1 241 a 16 b 10 c 1 242 a 17 b 10 c 1 243 a 18 b 10 c 1 244 a19 b 10 c 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10 c 41356 a 6 b 10 c 4 1357 a 7 b 10 c 4 1358 a 8 b 10 c 4 1359 a 9 b 10 c 41360 a 10 b 10 c 4 1361 a 11 b 10 c 4 1362 a 12 b 10 c 4 1363 a 13 b 10c 4 1364 a 14 b 10 c 4 1365 a 15 b 10 c 4 1366 a 16 b 10 c 4 1367 a 17 b10 c 4 1368 a 18 b 10 c 4 1369 a 19 b 10 c 4 1370 a 20 b 10 c 4 1371 a21 b 10 c 4 1372 a 22 b 10 c 4 1373 a 23 b 10 c 4 1374 a 24 b 10 c 41375 a 25 b 10 c 4 1376 a 1 b 11 c 4 1377 a 2 b 11 c 4 1378 a 3 b 11 c 41379 a 4 b 11 c 4 1380 a 5 b 11 c 4 1381 a 6 b 11 c 4 1382 a 7 b 11 c 41383 a 8 b 11 c 4 1384 a 9 b 11 c 4 1385 a 10 b 11 c 4 1386 a 11 b 11 c4 1387 a 12 b 11 c 4 1388 a 13 b 11 c 4 1389 a 14 b 11 c 4 1390 a 15 b11 c 4 1391 a 16 b 11 c 4 1392 a 17 b 11 c 4 1393 a 18 b 11 c 4 1394 a19 b 11 c 4 1395 a 20 b 11 c 4 1396 a 21 b 11 c 4 1397 a 22 b 11 c 41398 a 23 b 11 c 4 1399 a 24 b 11 c 4 1400 a 25 b 11 c 4 1401 a 1 b 12 c4 1402 a 2 b 12 c 4 1403 a 3 b 12 c 4 1404 a 4 b 12 c 4 1405 a 5 b 12 c4 1406 a 6 b 12 c 4 1407 a 7 b 12 c 4 1408 a 8 b 12 c 4 1409 a 9 b 12 c4 1410 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15 c 5 1858 a 8 b 15 c 5 1859 a 9 b 15 c 5 1860 a 10 b15 c 5 1861 a 11 b 15 c 5 1862 a 12 b 15 c 5 1863 a 13 b 15 c 5 1864 a14 b 15 c 5 1865 a 15 b 15 c 5 1866 a 16 b 15 c 5 1867 a 17 b 15 c 51868 a 18 b 15 c 5 1869 a 19 b 15 c 5 1870 a 20 b 15 c 5 1871 a 21 b 15c 5 1872 a 22 b 15 c 5 1873 a 23 b 15 c 5 1874 a 24 b 15 c 5 1875 a 25 b15 c 5 1876 a 1 b 1 c 6 1877 a 2 b 1 c 6 1878 a 3 b 1 c 6 1879 a 4 b 1 c6 1880 a 5 b 1 c 6 1881 a 6 b 1 c 6 1882 a 7 b 1 c 6 1883 a 8 b 1 c 61884 a 9 b 1 c 6 1885 a 10 b 1 c 6 1886 a 11 b 1 c 6 1887 a 12 b 1 c 61888 a 13 b 1 c 6 1889 a 14 b 1 c 6 1890 a 15 b 1 c 6 1891 a 16 b 1 c 61892 a 17 b 1 c 6 1893 a 18 b 1 c 6 1894 a 19 b 1 c 6 1895 a 20 b 1 c 61896 a 21 b 1 c 6 1897 a 22 b 1 c 6 1898 a 23 b 1 c 6 1899 a 24 b 1 c 61900 a 25 b 1 c 6 1901 a 1 b 2 c 6 1902 a 2 b 2 c 6 1903 a 3 b 2 c 61904 a 4 b 2 c 6 1905 a 5 b 2 c 6 1906 a 6 b 2 c 6 1907 a 7 b 2 c 6 1908a 8 b 2 c 6 1909 a 9 b 2 c 6 1910 a 10 b 2 c 6 1911 a 11 b 2 c 6 1912 a12 b 2 c 6 1913 a 13 b 2 c 6 1914 a 14 b 2 c 6 1915 a 15 b 2 c 6 1916 a16 b 2 c 6 1917 a 17 b 2 c 6 1918 a 18 b 2 c 6 1919 a 19 b 2 c 6 1920 a20 b 2 c 6 1921 a 21 b 2 c 6 1922 a 22 b 2 c 6 1923 a 23 b 2 c 6 1924 a24 b 2 c 6 1925 a 25 b 2 c 6 1926 a 1 b 3 c 6 1927 a 2 b 3 c 6 1928 a 3b 3 c 6 1929 a 4 b 3 c 6 1930 a 5 b 3 c 6 1931 a 6 b 3 c 6 1932 a 7 b 3c 6 1933 a 8 b 3 c 6 1934 a 9 b 3 c 6 1935 a 10 b 3 c 6 1936 a 11 b 3 c6 1937 a 12 b 3 c 6 1938 a 13 b 3 c 6 1939 a 14 b 3 c 6 1940 a 15 b 3 c6 1941 a 16 b 3 c 6 1942 a 17 b 3 c 6 1943 a 18 b 3 c 6 1944 a 19 b 3 c6 1945 a 20 b 3 c 6 1946 a 21 b 3 c 6 1947 a 22 b 3 c 6 1948 a 23 b 3 c6 1949 a 24 b 3 c 6 1950 a 25 b 3 c 6 1951 a 1 b 4 c 6 1952 a 2 b 4 c 61953 a 3 b 4 c 6 1954 a 4 b 4 c 6 1955 a 5 b 4 c 6 1956 a 6 b 4 c 6 1957a 7 b 4 c 6 1958 a 8 b 4 c 6 1959 a 9 b 4 c 6 1960 a 10 b 4 c 6 1961 a11 b 4 c 6 1962 a 12 b 4 c 6 1963 a 13 b 4 c 6 1964 a 14 b 4 c 6 1965 a15 b 4 c 6 1966 a 16 b 4 c 6 1967 a 17 b 4 c 6 1968 a 18 b 4 c 6 1969 a19 b 4 c 6 1970 a 20 b 4 c 6 1971 a 21 b 4 c 6 1972 a 22 b 4 c 6 1973 a23 b 4 c 6 1974 a 24 b 4 c 6 1975 a 25 b 4 c 6 1976 a 1 b 5 c 6 1977 a 2b 5 c 6 1978 a 3 b 5 c 6 1979 a 4 b 5 c 6 1980 a 5 b 5 c 6 1981 a 6 b 5c 6 1982 a 7 b 5 c 6 1983 a 8 b 5 c 6 1984 a 9 b 5 c 6 1985 a 10 b 5 c 61986 a 11 b 5 c 6 1987 a 12 b 5 c 6 1988 a 13 b 5 c 6 1989 a 14 b 5 c 61990 a 15 b 5 c 6 1991 a 16 b 5 c 6 1992 a 17 b 5 c 6 1993 a 18 b 5 c 61994 a 19 b 5 c 6 1995 a 20 b 5 c 6 1996 a 21 b 5 c 6 1997 a 22 b 5 c 61998 a 23 b 5 c 6 1999 a 24 b 5 c 6 2000 a 25 b 5 c 6 2001 a 1 b 6 c 62002 a 2 b 6 c 6 2003 a 3 b 6 c 6 2004 a 4 b 6 c 6 2005 a 5 b 6 c 6 2006a 6 b 6 c 6 2007 a 7 b 6 c 6 2008 a 8 b 6 c 6 2009 a 9 b 6 c 6 2010 a 10b 6 c 6 2011 a 11 b 6 c 6 2012 a 12 b 6 c 6 2013 a 13 b 6 c 6 2014 a 14b 6 c 6 2015 a 15 b 6 c 6 2016 a 16 b 6 c 6 2017 a 17 b 6 c 6 2018 a 18b 6 c 6 2019 a 19 b 6 c 6 2020 a 20 b 6 c 6 2021 a 21 b 6 c 6 2022 a 22b 6 c 6 2023 a 23 b 6 c 6 2024 a 24 b 6 c 6 2025 a 25 b 6 c 6 2026 a 1 b7 c 6 2027 a 2 b 7 c 6 2028 a 3 b 7 c 6 2029 a 4 b 7 c 6 2030 a 5 b 7 c6 2031 a 6 b 7 c 6 2032 a 7 b 7 c 6 2033 a 8 b 7 c 6 2034 a 9 b 7 c 62035 a 10 b 7 c 6 2036 a 11 b 7 c 6 2037 a 12 b 7 c 6 2038 a 13 b 7 c 62039 a 14 b 7 c 6 2040 a 15 b 7 c 6 2041 a 16 b 7 c 6 2042 a 17 b 7 c 62043 a 18 b 7 c 6 2044 a 19 b 7 c 6 2045 a 20 b 7 c 6 2046 a 21 b 7 c 62047 a 22 b 7 c 6 2048 a 23 b 7 c 6 2049 a 24 b 7 c 6 2050 a 25 b 7 c 62051 a 1 b 8 c 6 2052 a 2 b 8 c 6 2053 a 3 b 8 c 6 2054 a 4 b 8 c 6 2055a 5 b 8 c 6 2056 a 6 b 8 c 6 2057 a 7 b 8 c 6 2058 a 8 b 8 c 6 2059 a 9b 8 c 6 2060 a 10 b 8 c 6 2061 a 11 b 8 c 6 2062 a 12 b 8 c 6 2063 a 13b 8 c 6 2064 a 14 b 8 c 6 2065 a 15 b 8 c 6 2066 a 16 b 8 c 6 2067 a 17b 8 c 6 2068 a 18 b 8 c 6 2069 a 19 b 8 c 6 2070 a 20 b 8 c 6 2071 a 21b 8 c 6 2072 a 22 b 8 c 6 2073 a 23 b 8 c 6 2074 a 24 b 8 c 6 2075 a 25b 8 c 6 2076 a 1 b 9 c 6 2077 a 2 b 9 c 6 2078 a 3 b 9 c 6 2079 a 4 b 9c 6 2080 a 5 b 9 c 6 2081 a 6 b 9 c 6 2082 a 7 b 9 c 6 2083 a 8 b 9 c 62084 a 9 b 9 c 6 2085 a 10 b 9 c 6 2086 a 11 b 9 c 6 2087 a 12 b 9 c 62088 a 13 b 9 c 6 2089 a 14 b 9 c 6 2090 a 15 b 9 c 6 2091 a 16 b 9 c 62092 a 17 b 9 c 6 2093 a 18 b 9 c 6 2094 a 19 b 9 c 6 2095 a 20 b 9 c 62096 a 21 b 9 c 6 2097 a 22 b 9 c 6 2098 a 23 b 9 c 6 2099 a 24 b 9 c 62100 a 25 b 9 c 6 2101 a 1 b 10 c 6 2102 a 2 b 10 c 6 2103 a 3 b 10 c 62104 a 4 b 10 c 6 2105 a 5 b 10 c 6 2106 a 6 b 10 c 6 2107 a 7 b 10 c 62108 a 8 b 10 c 6 2109 a 9 b 10 c 6 2110 a 10 b 10 c 6 2111 a 11 b 10 c6 2112 a 12 b 10 c 6 2113 a 13 b 10 c 6 2114 a 14 b 10 c 6 2115 a 15 b10 c 6 2116 a 16 b 10 c 6 2117 a 17 b 10 c 6 2118 a 18 b 10 c 6 2119 a19 b 10 c 6 2120 a 20 b 10 c 6 2121 a 21 b 10 c 6 2122 a 22 b 10 c 62123 a 23 b 10 c 6 2124 a 24 b 10 c 6 2125 a 25 b 10 c 6 2126 a 1 b 11 c6 2127 a 2 b 11 c 6 2128 a 3 b 11 c 6 2129 a 4 b 11 c 6 2130 a 5 b 11 c6 2131 a 6 b 11 c 6 2132 a 7 b 11 c 6 2133 a 8 b 11 c 6 2134 a 9 b 11 c6 2135 a 10 b 11 c 6 2136 a 11 b 11 c 6 2137 a 12 b 11 c 6 2138 a 13 b11 c 6 2139 a 14 b 11 c 6 2140 a 15 b 11 c 6 2141 a 16 b 11 c 6 2142 a17 b 11 c 6 2143 a 18 b 11 c 6 2144 a 19 b 11 c 6 2145 a 20 b 11 c 62146 a 21 b 11 c 6 2147 a 22 b 11 c 6 2148 a 23 b 11 c 6 2149 a 24 b 11c 6 2150 a 25 b 11 c 6 2151 a 1 b 12 c 6 2152 a 2 b 12 c 6 2153 a 3 b 12c 6 2154 a 4 b 12 c 6 2155 a 5 b 12 c 6 2156 a 6 b 12 c 6 2157 a 7 b 12c 6 2158 a 8 b 12 c 6 2159 a 9 b 12 c 6 2160 a 10 b 12 c 6 2161 a 11 b12 c 6 2162 a 12 b 12 c 6 2163 a 13 b 12 c 6 2164 a 14 b 12 c 6 2165 a15 b 12 c 6 2166 a 16 b 12 c 6 2167 a 17 b 12 c 6 2168 a 18 b 12 c 62169 a 19 b 12 c 6 2170 a 20 b 12 c 6 2171 a 21 b 12 c 6 2172 a 22 b 12c 6 2173 a 23 b 12 c 6 2174 a 24 b 12 c 6 2175 a 25 b 12 c 6 2176 a 1 b13 c 6 2177 a 2 b 13 c 6 2178 a 3 b 13 c 6 2179 a 4 b 13 c 6 2180 a 5 b13 c 6 2181 a 6 b 13 c 6 2182 a 7 b 13 c 6 2183 a 8 b 13 c 6 2184 a 9 b13 c 6 2185 a 10 b 13 c 6 2186 a 11 b 13 c 6 2187 a 12 b 13 c 6 2188 a13 b 13 c 6 2189 a 14 b 13 c 6 2190 a 15 b 13 c 6 2191 a 16 b 13 c 62192 a 17 b 13 c 6 2193 a 18 b 13 c 6 2194 a 19 b 13 c 6 2195 a 20 b 13c 6 2196 a 21 b 13 c 6 2197 a 22 b 13 c 6 2198 a 23 b 13 c 6 2199 a 24 b13 c 6 2200 a 25 b 13 c 6 2201 a 1 b 14 c 6 2202 a 2 b 14 c 6 2203 a 3 b14 c 6 2204 a 4 b 14 c 6 2205 a 5 b 14 c 6 2206 a 6 b 14 c 6 2207 a 7 b14 c 6 2208 a 8 b 14 c 6 2209 a 9 b 14 c 6 2210 a 10 b 14 c 6 2211 a 11b 14 c 6 2212 a 12 b 14 c 6 2213 a 13 b 14 c 6 2214 a 14 b 14 c 6 2215 a15 b 14 c 6 2216 a 16 b 14 c 6 2217 a 17 b 14 c 6 2218 a 18 b 14 c 62219 a 19 b 14 c 6 2220 a 20 b 14 c 6 2221 a 21 b 14 c 6 2222 a 22 b 14c 6 2223 a 23 b 14 c 6 2224 a 24 b 14 c 6 2225 a 25 b 14 c 6 2226 a 1 b15 c 6 2227 a 2 b 15 c 6 2228 a 3 b 15 c 6 2229 a 4 b 15 c 6 2230 a 5 b15 c 6 2231 a 6 b 15 c 6 2232 a 7 b 15 c 6 2233 a 8 b 15 c 6 2234 a 9 b15 c 6 2235 a 10 b 15 c 6 2236 a 11 b 15 c 6 2237 a 12 b 15 c 6 2238 a13 b 15 c 6 2239 a 14 b 15 c 6 2240 a 15 b 15 c 6 2241 a 16 b 15 c 62242 a 17 b 15 c 6 2243 a 18 b 15 c 6 2244 a 19 b 15 c 6 2245 a 20 b 15c 6 2246 a 21 b 15 c 6 2247 a 22 b 15 c 6 2248 a 23 b 15 c 6 2249 a 24 b15 c 6 2250 a 25 b 15 c 6 2251 a 1 b 1 c 7 2252 a 2 b 1 c 7 2253 a 3 b 1c 7 2254 a 4 b 1 c 7 2255 a 5 b 1 c 7 2256 a 6 b 1 c 7 2257 a 7 b 1 c 72258 a 8 b 1 c 7 2259 a 9 b 1 c 7 2260 a 10 b 1 c 7 2261 a 11 b 1 c 72262 a 12 b 1 c 7 2263 a 13 b 1 c 7 2264 a 14 b 1 c 7 2265 a 15 b 1 c 72266 a 16 b 1 c 7 2267 a 17 b 1 c 7 2268 a 18 b 1 c 7 2269 a 19 b 1 c 72270 a 20 b 1 c 7 2271 a 21 b 1 c 7 2272 a 22 b 1 c 7 2273 a 23 b 1 c 72274 a 24 b 1 c 7 2275 a 25 b 1 c 7 2276 a 1 b 2 c 7 2277 a 2 b 2 c 72278 a 3 b 2 c 7 2279 a 4 b 2 c 7 2280 a 5 b 2 c 7 2281 a 6 b 2 c 7 2282a 7 b 2 c 7 2283 a 8 b 2 c 7 2284 a 9 b 2 c 7 2285 a 10 b 2 c 7 2286 a11 b 2 c 7 2287 a 12 b 2 c 7 2288 a 13 b 2 c 7 2289 a 14 b 2 c 7 2290 a15 b 2 c 7 2291 a 16 b 2 c 7 2292 a 17 b 2 c 7 2293 a 18 b 2 c 7 2294 a19 b 2 c 7 2295 a 20 b 2 c 7 2296 a 21 b 2 c 7 2297 a 22 b 2 c 7 2298 a23 b 2 c 7 2299 a 24 b 2 c 7 2300 a 25 b 2 c 7 2301 a 1 b 3 c 7 2302 a 2b 3 c 7 2303 a 3 b 3 c 7 2304 a 4 b 3 c 7 2305 a 5 b 3 c 7 2306 a 6 b 3c 7 2307 a 7 b 3 c 7 2308 a 8 b 3 c 7 2309 a 9 b 3 c 7 2310 a 10 b 3 c 72311 a 11 b 3 c 7 2312 a 12 b 3 c 7 2313 a 13 b 3 c 7 2314 a 14 b 3 c 72315 a 15 b 3 c 7 2316 a 16 b 3 c 7 2317 a 17 b 3 c 7 2318 a 18 b 3 c 72319 a 19 b 3 c 7 2320 a 20 b 3 c 7 2321 a 21 b 3 c 7 2322 a 22 b 3 c 72323 a 23 b 3 c 7 2324 a 24 b 3 c 7 2325 a 25 b 3 c 7 2326 a 1 b 4 c 72327 a 2 b 4 c 7 2328 a 3 b 4 c 7 2329 a 4 b 4 c 7 2330 a 5 b 4 c 7 2331a 6 b 4 c 7 2332 a 7 b 4 c 7 2333 a 8 b 4 c 7 2334 a 9 b 4 c 7 2335 a 10b 4 c 7 2336 a 11 b 4 c 7 2337 a 12 b 4 c 7 2338 a 13 b 4 c 7 2339 a 14b 4 c 7 2340 a 15 b 4 c 7 2341 a 16 b 4 c 7 2342 a 17 b 4 c 7 2343 a 18b 4 c 7 2344 a 19 b 4 c 7 2345 a 20 b 4 c 7 2346 a 21 b 4 c 7 2347 a 22b 4 c 7 2348 a 23 b 4 c 7 2349 a 24 b 4 c 7 2350 a 25 b 4 c 7 2351 a 1 b5 c 7 2352 a 2 b 5 c 7 2353 a 3 b 5 c 7 2354 a 4 b 5 c 7 2355 a 5 b 5 c7 2356 a 6 b 5 c 7 2357 a 7 b 5 c 7 2358 a 8 b 5 c 7 2359 a 9 b 5 c 72360 a 10 b 5 c 7 2361 a 11 b 5 c 7 2362 a 12 b 5 c 7 2363 a 13 b 5 c 72364 a 14 b 5 c 7 2365 a 15 b 5 c 7 2366 a 16 b 5 c 7 2367 a 17 b 5 c 72368 a 18 b 5 c 7 2369 a 19 b 5 c 7 2370 a 20 b 5 c 7 2371 a 21 b 5 c 72372 a 22 b 5 c 7 2373 a 23 b 5 c 7 2374 a 24 b 5 c 7 2375 a 25 b 5 c 72376 a 1 b 6 c 7 2377 a 2 b 6 c 7 2378 a 3 b 6 c 7 2379 a 4 b 6 c 7 2380a 5 b 6 c 7 2381 a 6 b 6 c 7 2382 a 7 b 6 c 7 2383 a 8 b 6 c 7 2384 a 9b 6 c 7 2385 a 10 b 6 c 7 2386 a 11 b 6 c 7 2387 a 12 b 6 c 7 2388 a 13b 6 c 7 2389 a 14 b 6 c 7 2390 a 15 b 6 c 7 2391 a 16 b 6 c 7 2392 a 17b 6 c 7 2393 a 18 b 6 c 7 2394 a 19 b 6 c 7 2395 a 20 b 6 c 7 2396 a 21b 6 c 7 2397 a 22 b 6 c 7 2398 a 23 b 6 c 7 2399 a 24 b 6 c 7 2400 a 25b 6 c 7 2401 a 1 b 7 c 7 2402 a 2 b 7 c 7 2403 a 3 b 7 c 7 2404 a 4 b 7c 7 2405 a 5 b 7 c 7 2406 a 6 b 7 c 7 2407 a 7 b 7 c 7 2408 a 8 b 7 c 72409 a 9 b 7 c 7 2410 a 10 b 7 c 7 2411 a 11 b 7 c 7 2412 a 12 b 7 c 72413 a 13 b 7 c 7 2414 a 14 b 7 c 7 2415 a 15 b 7 c 7 2416 a 16 b 7 c 72417 a 17 b 7 c 7 2418 a 18 b 7 c 7 2419 a 19 b 7 c 7 2420 a 20 b 7 c 72421 a 21 b 7 c 7 2422 a 22 b 7 c 7 2423 a 23 b 7 c 7 2424 a 24 b 7 c 72425 a 25 b 7 c 7 2426 a 1 b 8 c 7 2427 a 2 b 8 c 7 2428 a 3 b 8 c 72429 a 4 b 8 c 7 2430 a 5 b 8 c 7 2431 a 6 b 8 c 7 2432 a 7 b 8 c 7 2433a 8 b 8 c 7 2434 a 9 b 8 c 7 2435 a 10 b 8 c 7 2436 a 11 b 8 c 7 2437 a12 b 8 c 7 2438 a 13 b 8 c 7 2439 a 14 b 8 c 7 2440 a 15 b 8 c 7 2441 a16 b 8 c 7 2442 a 17 b 8 c 7 2443 a 18 b 8 c 7 2444 a 19 b 8 c 7 2445 a20 b 8 c 7 2446 a 21 b 8 c 7 2447 a 22 b 8 c 7 2448 a 23 b 8 c 7 2449 a24 b 8 c 7 2450 a 25 b 8 c 7 2451 a 1 b 9 c 7 2452 a 2 b 9 c 7 2453 a 3b 9 c 7 2454 a 4 b 9 c 7 2455 a 5 b 9 c 7 2456 a 6 b 9 c 7 2457 a 7 b 9c 7 2458 a 8 b 9 c 7 2459 a 9 b 9 c 7 2460 a 10 b 9 c 7 2461 a 11 b 9 c7 2462 a 12 b 9 c 7 2463 a 13 b 9 c 7 2464 a 14 b 9 c 7 2465 a 15 b 9 c7 2466 a 16 b 9 c 7 2467 a 17 b 9 c 7 2468 a 18 b 9 c 7 2469 a 19 b 9 c7 2470 a 20 b 9 c 7 2471 a 21 b 9 c 7 2472 a 22 b 9 c 7 2473 a 23 b 9 c7 2474 a 24 b 9 c 7 2475 a 25 b 9 c 7 2476 a 1 b 10 c 7 2477 a 2 b 10 c7 2478 a 3 b 10 c 7 2479 a 4 b 10 c 7 2480 a 5 b 10 c 7 2481 a 6 b 10 c7 2482 a 7 b 10 c 7 2483 a 8 b 10 c 7 2484 a 9 b 10 c 7 2485 a 10 b 10 c7 2486 a 11 b 10 c 7 2487 a 12 b 10 c 7 2488 a 13 b 10 c 7 2489 a 14 b10 c 7 2490 a 15 b 10 c 7 2491 a 16 b 10 c 7 2492 a 17 b 10 c 7 2493 a18 b 10 c 7 2494 a 19 b 10 c 7 2495 a 20 b 10 c 7 2496 a 21 b 10 c 72497 a 22 b 10 c 7 2498 a 23 b 10 c 7 2499 a 24 b 10 c 7 2500 a 25 b 10c 7 2501 a 1 b 11 c 7 2502 a 2 b 11 c 7 2503 a 3 b 11 c 7 2504 a 4 b 11c 7 2505 a 5 b 11 c 7 2506 a 6 b 11 c 7 2507 a 7 b 11 c 7 2508 a 8 b 11c 7 2509 a 9 b 11 c 7 2510 a 10 b 11 c 7 2511 a 11 b 11 c 7 2512 a 12 b11 c 7 2513 a 13 b 11 c 7 2514 a 14 b 11 c 7 2515 a 15 b 11 c 7 2516 a16 b 11 c 7 2517 a 17 b 11 c 7 2518 a 18 b 11 c 7 2519 a 19 b 11 c 72520 a 20 b 11 c 7 2521 a 21 b 11 c 7 2522 a 22 b 11 c 7 2523 a 23 b 11c 7 2524 a 24 b 11 c 7 2525 a 25 b 11 c 7 2526 a 1 b 12 c 7 2527 a 2 b12 c 7 2528 a 3 b 12 c 7 2529 a 4 b 12 c 7 2530 a 5 b 12 c 7 2531 a 6 b12 c 7 2532 a 7 b 12 c 7 2533 a 8 b 12 c 7 2534 a 9 b 12 c 7 2535 a 10 b12 c 7 2536 a 11 b 12 c 7 2537 a 12 b 12 c 7 2538 a 13 b 12 c 7 2539 a14 b 12 c 7 2540 a 15 b 12 c 7 2541 a 16 b 12 c 7 2542 a 17 b 12 c 72543 a 18 b 12 c 7 2544 a 19 b 12 c 7 2545 a 20 b 12 c 7 2546 a 21 b 12c 7 2547 a 22 b 12 c 7 2548 a 23 b 12 c 7 2549 a 24 b 12 c 7 2550 a 25 b12 c 7 2551 a 1 b 13 c 7 2552 a 2 b 13 c 7 2553 a 3 b 13 c 7 2554 a 4 b13 c 7 2555 a 5 b 13 c 7 2556 a 6 b 13 c 7 2557 a 7 b 13 c 7 2558 a 8 b13 c 7 2559 a 9 b 13 c 7 2560 a 10 b 13 c 7 2561 a 11 b 13 c 7 2562 a 12b 13 c 7 2563 a 13 b 13 c 7 2564 a 14 b 13 c 7 2565 a 15 b 13 c 7 2566 a16 b 13 c 7 2567 a 17 b 13 c 7 2568 a 18 b 13 c 7 2569 a 19 b 13 c 72570 a 20 b 13 c 7 2571 a 21 b 13 c 7 2572 a 22 b 13 c 7 2573 a 23 b 13c 7 2574 a 24 b 13 c 7 2575 a 25 b 13 c 7 2576 a 1 b 14 c 7 2577 a 2 b14 c 7 2578 a 3 b 14 c 7 2579 a 4 b 14 c 7 2580 a 5 b 14 c 7 2581 a 6 b14 c 7 2582 a 7 b 14 c 7 2583 a 8 b 14 c 7 2584 a 9 b 14 c 7 2585 a 10 b14 c 7 2586 a 11 b 14 c 7 2587 a 12 b 14 c 7 2588 a 13 b 14 c 7 2589 a14 b 14 c 7 2590 a 15 b 14 c 7 2591 a 16 b 14 c 7 2592 a 17 b 14 c 72593 a 18 b 14 c 7 2594 a 19 b 14 c 7 2595 a 20 b 14 c 7 2596 a 21 b 14c 7 2597 a 22 b 14 c 7 2598 a 23 b 14 c 7 2599 a 24 b 14 c 7 2600 a 25 b14 c 7 2601 a 1 b 15 c 7 2602 a 2 b 15 c 7 2603 a 3 b 15 c 7 2604 a 4 b15 c 7 2605 a 5 b 15 c 7 2606 a 6 b 15 c 7 2607 a 7 b 15 c 7 2608 a 8 b15 c 7 2609 a 9 b 15 c 7 2610 a 10 b 15 c 7 2611 a 11 b 15 c 7 2612 a 12b 15 c 7 2613 a 13 b 15 c 7 2614 a 14 b 15 c 7 2615 a 15 b 15 c 7 2616 a16 b 15 c 7 2617 a 17 b 15 c 7 2618 a 18 b 15 c 7 2619 a 19 b 15 c 72620 a 20 b 15 c 7 2621 a 21 b 15 c 7 2622 a 22 b 15 c 7 2623 a 23 b 15c 7 2624 a 24 b 15 c 7 2625 a 25 b 15 c 7

According to the above table, the ligand structure of No. 752 means acombination of a2-b1-c3, so that when the metal part MQj is ZrCl₂, thefollowing metallocene compound is exemplified.

Specific examples of MQj include ZrCl₂, ZrBr₂, ZrMe₂, Zr(OTs)₂,Zr(OMS)₂, Zr(OTf)₂, TiCl₂, TiBr₂, TiMe₂, Ti(OTs)₂, Ti(OMs)₂, Ti(OTf )₂,HfCl₂, HfBr₂, HfMe₂, Hf(OTs)₂, Hf(OMS)₂ and Hf(OTf)₂, wherein Tsindicates a p-toluenesulfonyl group, Ms indicates a methanesulfonylgroup, and Tf indicates a trifluoromethanesulfonyl group.

Examples of the metallocene compounds wherein the substituent group onthe Cp ring and the substituent group on the bridge part are bonded toform a ring include the following compounds.

Preferred examples of the metallocene compounds represented by theformula (1) or (2) according to the invention include:

-   -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹⁰ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵,        R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and        R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹        and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1-dimethylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵,        R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1,3-trimethylbutyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1-dimethylbutyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹⁰ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R³, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each phenyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)—        and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹l are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)—and thereby form a ring, M is zirconium,        Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹³ and R¹⁴ are each phenyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸,        R⁹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ is methyl,        R¹⁴ is phenyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹        and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each ethyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R¹ is methyl,        R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹²        are each hydrogen, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, j        is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R¹ is methyl,        R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and and R¹² are        each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y        is carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R³ is        tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₄—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R³ is        1,1-dimethylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are        each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y        is carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2) wherein R³ is        tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶        and R⁷ are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby        form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is        —(CH₂)₄—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸,        R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸,        R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2; and    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each phenyl, R³ is trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸,        R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2.

There is no specific limitation on the process for preparing themetallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2), and thecompound can be prepared by, for example, the below-described process.

First, the ligand precursor (5) used as starting material for preparingthe metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) can be preparedthrough the following step (A) or (B).

In the compounds shown in the above steps (A) and (B), R¹ to R¹⁴ and Yhave the same meanings as those of R¹ to R¹⁴ and Y in the formula (1),respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹ and Z² may be the same ordifferent and are each a halogen or an anionic ligand.

With regard to the cyclopentadiene (7), the precursor compound (10) andthe ligand precursor (5), presence of isomers different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring can be thought,but only one example is shown. Each of them may be another isomerdifferent in only the position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienylring or a mixture thereof.

The ligand precursor (6) used as starting material for preparing themetallocene compound represented by the formula (2) can be preparedthrough the following step (C) or (D).

In the compounds shown in the above steps (C) and (D), R¹ to R¹⁴, Y andA have the same meanings as those of R¹ to R¹⁴, Y and A in the formula(2), respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹ and Z² may be the sameor different and are each a halogen or an anionic ligand.

With regard to the cyclopentadiene (7), the precursor compound (18) andthe ligand precursor (6), presence of isomers different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring can be thought,but only one example is shown. Each of them may be another isomerdifferent in only the position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienylring or a mixture thereof.

The cyclopentadiene (7) that is a precursor common to the metallocenecompounds represented by the formulas (1) and (2) can be preparedthrough, for example, the following step (E) or (F).

In the compounds shown in the step (E), R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ have the samemeanings as those of R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ in the formula (1) or (2),respectively, M¹ is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, Z³ isthe same as R³ or is a halogen or an anionic ligand, and e is a valenceof M¹.

In the compounds shown in the step (F), R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ have the samemeanings as those of R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ in the formula (1) or (2),respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹ is a halogen or an anionicligand.

When R³ is a substituent group represented by CR¹⁵R¹⁶R¹⁷, thecyclopentadiene (7) can be prepared also through the following step (G).

In the step (G), R¹, R² and R⁴ have the same meanings as those of R¹, R²and R⁴ in the formula (1) or (2), respectively, R¹⁵, R¹⁶ and R¹⁷ areeach selected from a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group and asilicon-containing hydrocarbon group and may be the same or different,and L is an alkali metal.

In the steps (E) to (G), though, examples of methods to introduce thesubstituent group R³ are shown, the substituent groups R¹, R² and R⁴ canalso be introduced similarly to those methods.

The alkali metal used for the reactions in the steps (A) to (G) islithium, sodium or potassium, and the alkaline earth metal is magnesiumor calcium. The halogen is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.Examples of the anionic ligands include alkoxy groups, such as methoxy,tert-butoxy and phenoxy; carboxylate groups, such as acetate andbenzoate; and sulfonate groups, such as mesylate and tosylate.

Next, an example of the process for preparing a metallocene compoundfrom the ligand precursor represented by the formula (5) or (6) isdescribed.

In the first place, the ligand precursor represented by the formula (5)or (6) that is obtained by the reaction of the step (A), (B), (C) or (D)is brought into contact with an alkali metal, an alkali metal hydride oran organic alkali metal in an organic solvent at a reaction temperatureof −80 to 200° C. to prepare a di-alkali metal salt.

Examples of the organic solvents used for the above reaction includealiphatic hydrocarbons, such as pentane, hexane, heptane, cyclohexaneand decalin; aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene, toluene and xylene;ethers, such as THF (tetrahydrofuran), diethyl ether, dioxane and1,2-dimethoxyethane; and halogenated hydrocarbons, such asdichloromethane and chloroform.

Examples of the alkali metals used for the reaction include lithium,sodium and potassium. Examples of the alkali metal hydrides includesodium hydride and potassium hydride. Examples of the organic alkalimetals include methyllithium, butyllithium and phenyllithium.

In the next place, the di-alkali metal salt is allowed to react, in anorganic solvent, with a compound represented by the following formula(30):MZ_(k)   (30)wherein M is a metal selected from Group 4 of the periodic table, each Zmay be the same or different and is selected from a halogen, an anionicligand and a neutral ligand capable of coordination by a lone pair, andk is an integer of 3 to 6.

Thus, the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2) canbe synthesized.

Preferred examples of the compounds represented by the formula (30)include trivalent or tetravalent titanium fluoride, chloride, bromide oriodide; tetravalent zirconium fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide;tetravalent hafnium fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide; and complexesof these compounds with ethers such as THF, diethyl ether, dioxane and1,2-dimethoxyethane.

Examples of the organic solvents used include the same ones aspreviously described.

The reaction of the di-alkali metal salt with the compound representedby the formula (30) is preferably an equimolar reaction, and can becarried out in the aforesaid organic solvent at a reaction temperatureof −80 to 200° C.

The metallocene compound obtained by the reaction can be isolated andpurified by, for example, extraction, recrystallization or sublimation.

Next, the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1a) or (2a)is described.

Another embodiment of the metallocene compound of the invention isrepresented by the following formula (1a) or (2a).

In the formula (1a) or (2a), R³ has the same meaning as that of R³ inthe formula (1) or (2); R¹, R², and R⁴ to R¹⁴ have the same meanings asthose of R¹, R², and R⁴ to R¹⁴ in the formula (1) or (2), respectively;and A, Y, M, Q and j have the same meanings as those of A, Y, M, Q and jin the formula (1) or (2), respectively. In case of the compound of theformula (1a) wherein R³ is tert-butyl or trimethylsilyl and R¹³ and R¹⁴are methyl groups or phenyl groups at the same time, R⁶ and R¹¹ are nothydrogen atoms at the same time.

R³ is preferably a sterically bulky substituent group, more preferably asubstituent group of 4 or more carbon atoms.

Examples of the metallocene compounds represented by the formula (1a) or(2a) according to the invention are given below.

Examples of the ligand structure excluding MQj (metal part) in themetallocene compound are described first. Examples of Cp(cyclopentadienyl ring part), Bridge (bridge part) and Flu (fluorenylring part) are the same as those previously described with respect tothe metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2). No. CpBridge Flu 1 a 1 b 1 c 1 2 a 2 b 1 c 1 3 a 3 b 1 c 1 4 a 4 b 1 c 1 5 a 5b 1 c 1 6 a 6 b 1 c 1 7 a 7 b 1 c 1 8 a 8 b 1 c 1 9 a 9 b 1 c 1 10 a 10b 1 c 1 11 a 11 b 1 c 1 12 a 12 b 1 c 1 13 a 13 b 1 c 1 14 a 14 b 1 c 115 a 15 b 1 c 1 16 a 16 b 1 c 1 17 a 17 b 1 c 1 18 a 18 b 1 c 1 19 a 19b 1 c 1 20 a 20 b 1 c 1 21 a 21 b 1 c 1 22 a 22 b 1 c 1 23 a 23 b 1 c 124 a 24 b 1 c 1 25 a 25 b 1 c 1 26 a 1 b 2 c 1 27 a 2 b 2 c 1 28 a 3 b 2c 1 29 a 4 b 2 c 1 30 a 5 b 2 c 1 31 a 6 b 2 c 1 32 a 7 b 2 c 1 33 a 8 b2 c 1 34 a 9 b 2 c 1 35 a 10 b 2 c 1 36 a 11 b 2 c 1 37 a 12 b 2 c 1 38a 13 b 2 c 1 39 a 14 b 2 c 1 40 a 15 b 2 c 1 41 a 16 b 2 c 1 42 a 17 b 2c 1 43 a 18 b 2 c 1 44 a 19 b 2 c 1 45 a 20 b 2 c 1 46 a 21 b 2 c 1 47 a22 b 2 c 1 48 a 23 b 2 c 1 49 a 24 b 2 c 1 50 a 25 b 2 c 1 51 a 1 b 3 c1 52 a 2 b 3 c 1 53 a 3 b 3 c 1 54 a 4 b 3 c 1 55 a 5 b 3 c 1 56 a 6 b 3c 1 57 a 7 b 3 c 1 58 a 8 b 3 c 1 59 a 9 b 3 c 1 60 a 10 b 3 c 1 61 a 11b 3 c 1 62 a 12 b 3 c 1 63 a 13 b 3 c 1 64 a 14 b 3 c 1 65 a 15 b 3 c 166 a 16 b 3 c 1 67 a 17 b 3 c 1 68 a 18 b 3 c 1 69 a 19 b 3 c 1 70 a 20b 3 c 1 71 a 21 b 3 c 1 72 a 22 b 3 c 1 73 a 23 b 3 c 1 74 a 24 b 3 c 175 a 25 b 3 c 1 76 a 1 b 4 c 1 77 a 2 b 4 c 1 78 a 3 b 4 c 1 79 a 4 b 4c 1 80 a 5 b 4 c 1 81 a 6 b 4 c 1 82 a 7 b 4 c 1 83 a 8 b 4 c 1 84 a 9 b4 c 1 85 a 10 b 4 c 1 86 a 11 b 4 c 1 87 a 12 b 4 c 1 88 a 13 b 4 c 1 89a 14 b 4 c 1 90 a 15 b 4 c 1 91 a 16 b 4 c 1 92 a 17 b 4 c 1 93 a 18 b 4c 1 94 a 19 b 4 c 1 95 a 20 b 4 c 1 96 a 21 b 4 c 1 97 a 22 b 4 c 1 98 a23 b 4 c 1 99 a 24 b 4 c 1 100 a 25 b 4 c 1 101 a 1 b 5 c 1 102 a 2 b 5c 1 103 a 3 b 5 c 1 104 a 4 b 5 c 1 105 a 5 b 5 c 1 106 a 6 b 5 c 1 107a 7 b 5 c 1 108 a 8 b 5 c 1 109 a 9 b 5 c 1 110 a 10 b 5 c 1 111 a 11 b5 c 1 112 a 12 b 5 c 1 113 a 13 b 5 c 1 114 a 14 b 5 c 1 115 a 15 b 5 c1 116 a 16 b 5 c 1 117 a 17 b 5 c 1 118 a 18 b 5 c 1 119 a 19 b 5 c 1120 a 20 b 5 c 1 121 a 21 b 5 c 1 122 a 22 b 5 c 1 123 a 23 b 5 c 1 124a 24 b 5 c 1 125 a 25 b 5 c 1 126 a 1 b 6 c 1 127 a 2 b 6 c 1 128 a 3 b6 c 1 129 a 4 b 6 c 1 130 a 5 b 6 c 1 131 a 6 b 6 c 1 132 a 7 b 6 c 1133 a 8 b 6 c 1 134 a 9 b 6 c 1 135 a 10 b 6 c 1 136 a 11 b 6 c 1 137 a12 b 6 c 1 138 a 13 b 6 c 1 139 a 14 b 6 c 1 140 a 15 b 6 c 1 141 a 16 b6 c 1 142 a 17 b 6 c 1 143 a 18 b 6 c 1 144 a 19 b 6 c 1 145 a 20 b 6 c1 146 a 21 b 6 c 1 147 a 22 b 6 c 1 148 a 23 b 6 c 1 149 a 24 b 6 c 1150 a 25 b 6 c 1 151 a 1 b 7 c 1 152 a 2 b 7 c 1 153 a 3 b 7 c 1 154 a 4b 7 c 1 155 a 5 b 7 c 1 156 a 6 b 7 c 1 157 a 7 b 7 c 1 158 a 8 b 7 c 1159 a 9 b 7 c 1 160 a 10 b 7 c 1 161 a 11 b 7 c 1 162 a 12 b 7 c 1 163 a13 b 7 c 1 164 a 14 b 7 c 1 165 a 15 b 7 c 1 166 a 16 b 7 c 1 167 a 17 b7 c 1 168 a 18 b 7 c 1 169 a 19 b 7 c 1 170 a 20 b 7 c 1 171 a 21 b 7 c1 172 a 22 b 7 c 1 173 a 23 b 7 c 1 174 a 24 b 7 c 1 175 a 25 b 7 c 1176 a 5 b 8 c 1 177 a 6 b 8 c 1 178 a 7 b 8 c 1 179 a 8 b 8 c 1 180 a 9b 8 c 1 181 a 10 b 8 c 1 182 a 11 b 8 c 1 183 a 12 b 8 c 1 184 a 13 b 8c 1 185 a 14 b 8 c 1 186 a 15 b 8 c 1 187 a 16 b 8 c 1 188 a 17 b 8 c 1189 a 18 b 8 c 1 190 a 19 b 8 c 1 191 a 20 b 8 c 1 192 a 21 b 8 c 1 193a 22 b 8 c 1 194 a 23 b 8 c 1 195 a 24 b 8 c 1 196 a 25 b 8 c 1 197 a 5b 9 c 1 198 a 6 b 9 c 1 199 a 7 b 9 c 1 200 a 8 b 9 c 1 201 a 9 b 9 c 1202 a 10 b 9 c 1 203 a 11 b 9 c 1 204 a 12 b 9 c 1 205 a 13 b 9 c 1 206a 14 b 9 c 1 207 a 15 b 9 c 1 208 a 16 b 9 c 1 209 a 17 b 9 c 1 210 a 18b 9 c 1 211 a 19 b 9 c 1 212 a 20 b 9 c 1 213 a 21 b 9 c 1 214 a 22 b 9c 1 215 a 23 b 9 c 1 216 a 24 b 9 c 1 217 a 25 b 9 c 1 218 a 5 b 10 c 1219 a 6 b 10 c 1 220 a 7 b 10 c 1 221 a 8 b 10 c 1 222 a 9 b 10 c 1 223a 10 b 10 c 1 224 a 11 b 10 c 1 225 a 12 b 10 c 1 226 a 13 b 10 c 1 227a 14 b 10 c 1 228 a 15 b 10 c 1 229 a 16 b 10 c 1 230 a 17 b 10 c 1 231a 18 b 10 c 1 232 a 19 b 10 c 1 233 a 20 b 10 c 1 234 a 21 b 10 c 1 235a 22 b 10 c 1 236 a 23 b 10 c 1 237 a 24 b 10 c 1 238 a 25 b 10 c 1 239a 5 b 11 c 1 240 a 6 b 11 c 1 241 a 7 b 11 c 1 242 a 8 b 11 c 1 243 a 9b 11 c 1 244 a 10 b 11 c 1 245 a 11 b 11 c 1 246 a 12 b 11 c 1 247 a 13b 11 c 1 248 a 14 b 11 c 1 249 a 15 b 11 c 1 250 a 16 b 11 c 1 251 a 17b 11 c 1 252 a 18 b 11 c 1 253 a 19 b 11 c 1 254 a 20 b 11 c 1 255 a 21b 11 c 1 256 a 22 b 11 c 1 257 a 23 b 11 c 1 258 a 24 b 11 c 1 259 a 25b 11 c 1 260 a 1 b 12 c 1 261 a 2 b 12 c 1 262 a 3 b 12 c 1 263 a 4 b 12c 1 264 a 5 b 12 c 1 265 a 6 b 12 c 1 266 a 7 b 12 c 1 267 a 8 b 12 c 1268 a 9 b 12 c 1 269 a 10 b 12 c 1 270 a 11 b 12 c 1 271 a 12 b 12 c 1272 a 13 b 12 c 1 273 a 14 b 12 c 1 274 a 15 b 12 c 1 275 a 16 b 12 c 1276 a 17 b 12 c 1 277 a 18 b 12 c 1 278 a 19 b 12 c 1 279 a 20 b 12 c 1280 a 21 b 12 c 1 281 a 22 b 12 c 1 282 a 23 b 12 c 1 283 a 24 b 12 c 1284 a 25 b 12 c 1 285 a 1 b 13 c 1 286 a 2 b 13 c 1 287 a 3 b 13 c 1 288a 4 b 13 c 1 289 a 5 b 13 c 1 290 a 6 b 13 c 1 291 a 7 b 13 c 1 292 a 8b 13 c 1 293 a 9 b 13 c 1 294 a 10 b 13 c 1 295 a 11 b 13 c 1 296 a 12 b13 c 1 297 a 13 b 13 c 1 298 a 14 b 13 c 1 299 a 15 b 13 c 1 300 a 16 b13 c 1 301 a 17 b 13 c 1 302 a 18 b 13 c 1 303 a 19 b 13 c 1 304 a 20 b13 c 1 305 a 21 b 13 c 1 306 a 22 b 13 c 1 307 a 23 b 13 c 1 308 a 24 b13 c 1 309 a 25 b 13 c 1 310 a 1 b 14 c 1 311 a 2 b 14 c 1 312 a 3 b 14c 1 313 a 4 b 14 c 1 314 a 5 b 14 c 1 315 a 6 b 14 c 1 316 a 7 b 14 c 1317 a 8 b 14 c 1 318 a 9 b 14 c 1 319 a 10 b 14 c 1 320 a 11 b 14 c 1321 a 12 b 14 c 1 322 a 13 b 14 c 1 323 a 14 b 14 c 1 324 a 15 b 14 c 1325 a 16 b 14 c 1 326 a 17 b 14 c 1 327 a 18 b 14 c 1 328 a 19 b 14 c 1329 a 20 b 14 c 1 330 a 21 b 14 c 1 331 a 22 b 14 c 1 332 a 23 b 14 c 1333 a 24 b 14 c 1 334 a 25 b 14 c 1 335 a 1 b 15 c 1 336 a 2 b 15 c 1337 a 3 b 15 c 1 338 a 4 b 15 c 1 339 a 5 b 15 c 1 340 a 6 b 15 c 1 341a 7 b 15 c 1 342 a 8 b 15 c 1 343 a 9 b 15 c 1 344 a 10 b 15 c 1 345 a11 b 15 c 1 346 a 12 b 15 c 1 347 a 13 b 15 c 1 348 a 14 b 15 c 1 349 a15 b 15 c 1 350 a 16 b 15 c 1 351 a 17 b 15 c 1 352 a 18 b 15 c 1 353 a19 b 15 c 1 354 a 20 b 15 c 1 355 a 21 b 15 c 1 356 a 22 b 15 c 1 357 a23 b 15 c 1 358 a 24 b 15 c 1 359 a 25 b 15 c 1 360 a 1 b 1 c 2 361 a 2b 1 c 2 362 a 3 b 1 c 2 363 a 4 b 1 c 2 364 a 5 b 1 c 2 365 a 6 b 1 c 2366 a 7 b 1 c 2 367 a 8 b 1 c 2 368 a 9 b 1 c 2 369 a 10 b 1 c 2 370 a11 b 1 c 2 371 a 12 b 1 c 2 372 a 13 b 1 c 2 373 a 14 b 1 c 2 374 a 15 b1 c 2 375 a 16 b 1 c 2 376 a 17 b 1 c 2 377 a 18 b 1 c 2 378 a 19 b 1 c2 379 a 20 b 1 c 2 380 a 21 b 1 c 2 381 a 22 b 1 c 2 382 a 23 b 1 c 2383 a 24 b 1 c 2 384 a 25 b 1 c 2 385 a 1 b 2 c 2 386 a 2 b 2 c 2 387 a3 b 2 c 2 388 a 4 b 2 c 2 389 a 5 b 2 c 2 390 a 6 b 2 c 2 391 a 7 b 2 c2 392 a 8 b 2 c 2 393 a 9 b 2 c 2 394 a 10 b 2 c 2 395 a 11 b 2 c 2 396a 12 b 2 c 2 397 a 13 b 2 c 2 398 a 14 b 2 c 2 399 a 15 b 2 c 2 400 a 16b 2 c 2 401 a 17 b 2 c 2 402 a 18 b 2 c 2 403 a 19 b 2 c 2 404 a 20 b 2c 2 405 a 21 b 2 c 2 406 a 22 b 2 c 2 407 a 23 b 2 c 2 408 a 24 b 2 c 2409 a 25 b 2 c 2 410 a 1 b 3 c 2 411 a 2 b 3 c 2 412 a 3 b 3 c 2 413 a 4b 3 c 2 414 a 5 b 3 c 2 415 a 6 b 3 c 2 416 a 7 b 3 c 2 417 a 8 b 3 c 2418 a 9 b 3 c 2 419 a 10 b 3 c 2 420 a 11 b 3 c 2 421 a 12 b 3 c 2 422 a13 b 3 c 2 423 a 14 b 3 c 2 424 a 15 b 3 c 2 425 a 16 b 3 c 2 426 a 17 b3 c 2 427 a 18 b 3 c 2 428 a 19 b 3 c 2 429 a 20 b 3 c 2 430 a 21 b 3 c2 431 a 22 b 3 c 2 432 a 23 b 3 c 2 433 a 24 b 3 c 2 434 a 25 b 3 c 2435 a 1 b 4 c 2 436 a 2 b 4 c 2 437 a 3 b 4 c 2 438 a 4 b 4 c 2 439 a 5b 4 c 2 440 a 6 b 4 c 2 441 a 7 b 4 c 2 442 a 8 b 4 c 2 443 a 9 b 4 c 2444 a 10 b 4 c 2 445 a 11 b 4 c 2 446 a 12 b 4 c 2 447 a 13 b 4 c 2 448a 14 b 4 c 2 449 a 15 b 4 c 2 450 a 16 b 4 c 2 451 a 17 b 4 c 2 452 a 18b 4 c 2 453 a 19 b 4 c 2 454 a 20 b 4 c 2 455 a 21 b 4 c 2 456 a 22 b 4c 2 457 a 23 b 4 c 2 458 a 24 b 4 c 2 459 a 25 b 4 c 2 460 a 1 b 5 c 2461 a 2 b 5 c 2 462 a 3 b 5 c 2 463 a 4 b 5 c 2 464 a 5 b 5 c 2 465 a 6b 5 c 2 466 a 7 b 5 c 2 467 a 8 b 5 c 2 468 a 9 b 5 c 2 469 a 10 b 5 c 2470 a 11 b 5 c 2 471 a 12 b 5 c 2 472 a 13 b 5 c 2 473 a 14 b 5 c 2 474a 15 b 5 c 2 475 a 16 b 5 c 2 476 a 17 b 5 c 2 477 a 18 b 5 c 2 478 a 19b 5 c 2 479 a 20 b 5 c 2 480 a 21 b 5 c 2 481 a 22 b 5 c 2 482 a 23 b 5c 2 483 a 24 b 5 c 2 484 a 25 b 5 c 2 485 a 1 b 6 c 2 486 a 2 b 6 c 2487 a 3 b 6 c 2 488 a 4 b 6 c 2 489 a 5 b 6 c 2 490 a 6 b 6 c 2 491 a 7b 6 c 2 492 a 8 b 6 c 2 493 a 9 b 6 c 2 494 a 10 b 6 c 2 495 a 11 b 6 c2 496 a 12 b 6 c 2 497 a 13 b 6 c 2 498 a 14 b 6 c 2 499 a 15 b 6 c 2500 a 16 b 6 c 2 501 a 17 b 6 c 2 502 a 18 b 6 c 2 503 a 19 b 6 c 2 504a 20 b 6 c 2 505 a 21 b 6 c 2 506 a 22 b 6 c 2 507 a 23 b 6 c 2 508 a 24b 6 c 2 509 a 25 b 6 c 2 510 a 1 b 7 c 2 511 a 2 b 7 c 2 512 a 3 b 7 c 2513 a 4 b 7 c 2 514 a 5 b 7 c 2 515 a 6 b 7 c 2 516 a 7 b 7 c 2 517 a 8b 7 c 2 518 a 9 b 7 c 2 519 a 10 b 7 c 2 520 a 11 b 7 c 2 521 a 12 b 7 c2 522 a 13 b 7 c 2 523 a 14 b 7 c 2 524 a 15 b 7 c 2 525 a 16 b 7 c 2526 a 17 b 7 c 2 527 a 18 b 7 c 2 528 a 19 b 7 c 2 529 a 20 b 7 c 2 530a 21 b 7 c 2 531 a 22 b 7 c 2 532 a 23 b 7 c 2 533 a 24 b 7 c 2 534 a 25b 7 c 2 535 a 1 b 8 c 2 536 a 2 b 8 c 2 537 a 3 b 8 c 2 538 a 4 b 8 c 2539 a 5 b 8 c 2 540 a 6 b 8 c 2 541 a 7 b 8 c 2 542 a 8 b 8 c 2 543 a 9b 8 c 2 544 a 10 b 8 c 2 545 a 11 b 8 c 2 546 a 12 b 8 c 2 547 a 13 b 8c 2 548 a 14 b 8 c 2 549 a 15 b 8 c 2 550 a 16 b 8 c 2 551 a 17 b 8 c 2552 a 18 b 8 c 2 553 a 19 b 8 c 2 554 a 20 b 8 c 2 555 a 21 b 8 c 2 556a 22 b 8 c 2 557 a 23 b 8 c 2 558 a 24 b 8 c 2 559 a 25 b 8 c 2 560 a 1b 9 c 2 561 a 2 b 9 c 2 562 a 3 b 9 c 2 563 a 4 b 9 c 2 564 a 5 b 9 c 2565 a 6 b 9 c 2 566 a 7 b 9 c 2 567 a 8 b 9 c 2 568 a 9 b 9 c 2 569 a 10b 9 c 2 570 a 11 b 9 c 2 571 a 12 b 9 c 2 572 a 13 b 9 c 2 573 a 14 b 9c 2 574 a 15 b 9 c 2 575 a 16 b 9 c 2 576 a 17 b 9 c 2 577 a 18 b 9 c 2578 a 19 b 9 c 2 579 a 20 b 9 c 2 580 a 21 b 9 c 2 581 a 22 b 9 c 2 582a 23 b 9 c 2 583 a 24 b 9 c 2 584 a 25 b 9 c 2 585 a 1 b 10 c 2 586 a 2b 10 c 2 587 a 3 b 10 c 2 588 a 4 b 10 c 2 589 a 5 b 10 c 2 590 a 6 b 10c 2 591 a 7 b 10 c 2 592 a 8 b 10 c 2 593 a 9 b 10 c 2 594 a 10 b 10 c 2595 a 11 b 10 c 2 596 a 12 b 10 c 2 597 a 13 b 10 c 2 598 a 14 b 10 c 2599 a 15 b 10 c 2 600 a 16 b 10 c 2 601 a 17 b 10 c 2 602 a 18 b 10 c 2603 a 19 b 10 c 2 604 a 20 b 10 c 2 605 a 21 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c 72311 a 25 b 5 c 7 2312 a 1 b 6 c 7 2313 a 2 b 6 c 7 2314 a 3 b 6 c 72315 a 4 b 6 c 7 2316 a 5 b 6 c 7 2317 a 6 b 6 c 7 2318 a 7 b 6 c 7 2319a 8 b 6 c 7 2320 a 9 b 6 c 7 2321 a 10 b 6 c 7 2322 a 11 b 6 c 7 2323 a12 b 6 c 7 2324 a 13 b 6 c 7 2325 a 14 b 6 c 7 2326 a 15 b 6 c 7 2327 a16 b 6 c 7 2328 a 17 b 6 c 7 2329 a 18 b 6 c 7 2330 a 19 b 6 c 7 2331 a20 b 6 c 7 2332 a 21 b 6 c 7 2333 a 22 b 6 c 7 2334 a 23 b 6 c 7 2335 a24 b 6 c 7 2336 a 25 b 6 c 7 2337 a 1 b 7 c 7 2338 a 2 b 7 c 7 2339 a 3b 7 c 7 2340 a 4 b 7 c 7 2341 a 5 b 7 c 7 2342 a 6 b 7 c 7 2343 a 7 b 7c 7 2344 a 8 b 7 c 7 2345 a 9 b 7 c 7 2346 a 10 b 7 c 7 2347 a 11 b 7 c7 2348 a 12 b 7 c 7 2349 a 13 b 7 c 7 2350 a 14 b 7 c 7 2351 a 15 b 7 c7 2352 a 16 b 7 c 7 2353 a 17 b 7 c 7 2354 a 18 b 7 c 7 2355 a 19 b 7 c7 2356 a 20 b 7 c 7 2357 a 21 b 7 c 7 2358 a 22 b 7 c 7 2359 a 23 b 7 c7 2360 a 24 b 7 c 7 2361 a 25 b 7 c 7 2362 a 1 b 8 c 7 2363 a 2 b 8 c 72364 a 3 b 8 c 7 2365 a 4 b 8 c 7 2366 a 5 b 8 c 7 2367 a 6 b 8 c 7 2368a 7 b 8 c 7 2369 a 8 b 8 c 7 2370 a 9 b 8 c 7 2371 a 10 b 8 c 7 2372 a11 b 8 c 7 2373 a 12 b 8 c 7 2374 a 13 b 8 c 7 2375 a 14 b 8 c 7 2376 a15 b 8 c 7 2377 a 16 b 8 c 7 2378 a 17 b 8 c 7 2379 a 18 b 8 c 7 2380 a19 b 8 c 7 2381 a 20 b 8 c 7 2382 a 21 b 8 c 7 2383 a 22 b 8 c 7 2384 a23 b 8 c 7 2385 a 24 b 8 c 7 2386 a 25 b 8 c 7 2387 a 1 b 9 c 7 2388 a 2b 9 c 7 2389 a 3 b 9 c 7 2390 a 4 b 9 c 7 2391 a 5 b 9 c 7 2392 a 6 b 9c 7 2393 a 7 b 9 c 7 2394 a 8 b 9 c 7 2395 a 9 b 9 c 7 2396 a 10 b 9 c 72397 a 11 b 9 c 7 2398 a 12 b 9 c 7 2399 a 13 b 9 c 7 2400 a 14 b 9 c 72401 a 15 b 9 c 7 2402 a 16 b 9 c 7 2403 a 17 b 9 c 7 2404 a 18 b 9 c 72405 a 19 b 9 c 7 2406 a 20 b 9 c 7 2407 a 21 b 9 c 7 2408 a 22 b 9 c 72409 a 23 b 9 c 7 2410 a 24 b 9 c 7 2411 a 25 b 9 c 7 2412 a 1 b 10 c 72413 a 2 b 10 c 7 2414 a 3 b 10 c 7 2415 a 4 b 10 c 7 2416 a 5 b 10 c 72417 a 6 b 10 c 7 2418 a 7 b 10 c 7 2419 a 8 b 10 c 7 2420 a 9 b 10 c 72421 a 10 b 10 c 7 2422 a 11 b 10 c 7 2423 a 12 b 10 c 7 2424 a 13 b 10c 7 2425 a 14 b 10 c 7 2426 a 15 b 10 c 7 2427 a 16 b 10 c 7 2428 a 17 b10 c 7 2429 a 18 b 10 c 7 2430 a 19 b 10 c 7 2431 a 20 b 10 c 7 2432 a21 b 10 c 7 2433 a 22 b 10 c 7 2434 a 23 b 10 c 7 2435 a 24 b 10 c 72436 a 25 b 10 c 7 2437 a 1 b 11 c 7 2438 a 2 b 11 c 7 2439 a 3 b 11 c 72440 a 4 b 11 c 7 2441 a 5 b 11 c 7 2442 a 6 b 11 c 7 2443 a 7 b 11 c 72444 a 8 b 11 c 7 2445 a 9 b 11 c 7 2446 a 10 b 11 c 7 2447 a 11 b 11 c7 2448 a 12 b 11 c 7 2449 a 13 b 11 c 7 2450 a 14 b 11 c 7 2451 a 15 b11 c 7 2452 a 16 b 11 c 7 2453 a 17 b 11 c 7 2454 a 18 b 11 c 7 2455 a19 b 11 c 7 2456 a 20 b 11 c 7 2457 a 21 b 11 c 7 2458 a 22 b 11 c 72459 a 23 b 11 c 7 2460 a 24 b 11 c 7 2461 a 25 b 11 c 7 2462 a 1 b 12 c7 2463 a 2 b 12 c 7 2464 a 3 b 12 c 7 2465 a 4 b 12 c 7 2466 a 5 b 12 c7 2467 a 6 b 12 c 7 2468 a 7 b 12 c 7 2469 a 8 b 12 c 7 2470 a 9 b 12 c7 2471 a 10 b 12 c 7 2472 a 11 b 12 c 7 2473 a 12 b 12 c 7 2474 a 13 b12 c 7 2475 a 14 b 12 c 7 2476 a 15 b 12 c 7 2477 a 16 b 12 c 7 2478 a17 b 12 c 7 2479 a 18 b 12 c 7 2480 a 19 b 12 c 7 2481 a 20 b 12 c 72482 a 21 b 12 c 7 2483 a 22 b 12 c 7 2484 a 23 b 12 c 7 2485 a 24 b 12c 7 2486 a 25 b 12 c 7 2487 a 1 b 13 c 7 2488 a 2 b 13 c 7 2489 a 3 b 13c 7 2490 a 4 b 13 c 7 2491 a 5 b 13 c 7 2492 a 6 b 13 c 7 2493 a 7 b 13c 7 2494 a 8 b 13 c 7 2495 a 9 b 13 c 7 2496 a 10 b 13 c 7 2497 a 11 b13 c 7 2498 a 12 b 13 c 7 2499 a 13 b 13 c 7 2500 a 14 b 13 c 7 2501 a15 b 13 c 7 2502 a 16 b 13 c 7 2503 a 17 b 13 c 7 2504 a 18 b 13 c 72505 a 19 b 13 c 7 2506 a 20 b 13 c 7 2507 a 21 b 13 c 7 2508 a 22 b 13c 7 2509 a 23 b 13 c 7 2510 a 24 b 13 c 7 2511 a 25 b 13 c 7 2512 a 1 b14 c 7 2513 a 2 b 14 c 7 2514 a 3 b 14 c 7 2515 a 4 b 14 c 7 2516 a 5 b14 c 7 2517 a 6 b 14 c 7 2518 a 7 b 14 c 7 2519 a 8 b 14 c 7 2520 a 9 b14 c 7 2521 a 10 b 14 c 7 2522 a 11 b 14 c 7 2523 a 12 b 14 c 7 2524 a13 b 14 c 7 2525 a 14 b 14 c 7 2526 a 15 b 14 c 7 2527 a 16 b 14 c 72528 a 17 b 14 c 7 2529 a 18 b 14 c 7 2530 a 19 b 14 c 7 2531 a 20 b 14c 7 2532 a 21 b 14 c 7 2533 a 22 b 14 c 7 2534 a 23 b 14 c 7 2535 a 24 b14 c 7 2536 a 25 b 14 c 7 2537 a 1 b 15 c 7 2538 a 2 b 15 c 7 2539 a 3 b15 c 7 2540 a 4 b 15 c 7 2541 a 5 b 15 c 7 2542 a 6 b 15 c 7 2543 a 7 b15 c 7 2544 a 8 b 15 c 7 2545 a 9 b 15 c 7 2546 a 10 b 15 c 7 2547 a 11b 15 c 7 2548 a 12 b 15 c 7 2549 a 13 b 15 c 7 2550 a 14 b 15 c 7 2551 a15 b 15 c 7 2552 a 16 b 15 c 7 2553 a 17 b 15 c 7 2554 a 18 b 15 c 72555 a 19 b 15 c 7 2556 a 20 b 15 c 7 2557 a 21 b 15 c 7 2558 a 22 b 15c 7 2559 a 23 b 15 c 7 2560 a 24 b 15 c 7 2561 a 25 b 15 c 7

According to the above table, the ligand structure of No. 736 means acombination of a2-b1-c3, so that when the metal part MQj is ZrCl₂, thefollowing metallocene compound is exemplified.

Specific examples of MQj include ZrCl₂, ZrBr₂, ZrMe₂, Zr(OTs)₂,Zr(OMs)₂, Zr(OTf)₂, TiCl₂, TiBr₂, TiMe₂, Ti(OTs)₂, Ti(OMs)₂, Ti(OTf)₂,HfCl₂, HfBr₂, HfMe₂, Hf(OTs)₂, Hf(OMs)₂ and Hf(OTf)₂.

Examples of the metallocene compounds wherein the substituent group onthe Cp ring and the substituent group on the bridge part are bonded toform a ring include the following compounds.

Preferred examples of the metallocene compounds represented by theformula (1a) or (2a) according to the invention include:

-   -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹⁰ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵,        R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and        R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹        and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1-dimethylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵,        R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1,3-trimethylbutyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is 1,1-dimethylbutyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶,        R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each methyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹⁰ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R³, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each phenyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)—        and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹³ and R¹⁴ are each phenyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸,        R⁹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R⁷ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹        are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a        ring, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ is        methyl, R¹⁴ is phenyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸,        R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each        tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is        2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1a) wherein R¹³ and R¹⁴        are each ethyl, R³ is tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹,        R¹¹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M        is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R¹ is methyl,        R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹²        are each hydrogen, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, j        is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R¹ is methyl,        R³ is tert-butyl, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R³ is        trimethylsilyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen:, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R³ is        tert-butyl, R¹, R₂, R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₄;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R³ is        1,1-dimethylpropyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are        each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y        is carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—; and    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2a) wherein R³ is        tert-butyl, R¹, R², R⁴, R⁵, R⁸, R⁹ and R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶        and R⁷ are bonded to form —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby        form a ring, R¹⁰ and R¹¹ are bonded to form        —(C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₂C(CH₃)₂)— and thereby form a ring, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is        —(CH₂)₄—.

There is no specific limitation on the process for preparing themetallocene compound represented by the formula (1a) or (2a), and thecompound can be prepared by, for example, a process similar to theprocess for preparing. the metallocene compound represented by theformula (1) or (2).

Next, the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) or (2b)is described.

A further embodiment of the metallocene compound of the invention isrepresented by the following formula (1b) or (2b)

In the formula (1b) or (2b), each of R²¹ and R²² has the same meaning asthat of R³ in the formula (1) or (2); each of R⁵ to R¹⁴ has the samemeaning as that of R¹, R² or each of R⁴ to R¹⁴ in the formula (1) or (2); and A, Y, M, Q and j have the same meanings as those of A, Y, M, Q andj in the formula (1) or (2), respectively.

R²² is preferably a sterically bulky substituent group, more preferablya substituent group of 4 or more carbon atoms.

Examples of the metallocene compounds represented by the formula (1b) or(2b) according to the invention are given below.

The ligand structure excluding MQj (metal part) in the metallocenecompound is divided into three parts of Cp (cyclopentadienyl ring part),Bridge (bridge part) and Flu (fluorenyl ring part), and specificexamples of these partial structures and specific examples of ligandstructures formed by combination of these partial structures aredescribed first. Examples of Bridge (bridge part) and Flu (fluorenylring part) are the same as those previously described with respect tothe metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2).

EXAMPLES OF Cp

Examples of the ligand structures are described in the following table.No. Cp Bridge Flu 1 a 1 b 1 c 1 2 a 2 b 1 c 1 3 a 3 b 1 c 1 4 a 4 b 1 c1 5 a 5 b 1 c 1 6 a 6 b 1 c 1 7 a 7 b 1 c 1 8 a 8 b 1 c 1 9 a 9 b 1 c 110 a 10 b 1 c 1 11 a 11 b 1 c 1 12 a 1 b 2 c 1 13 a 2 b 2 c 1 14 a 3 b 2c 1 15 a 4 b 2 c 1 16 a 5 b 2 c 1 17 a 6 b 2 c 1 18 a 7 b 2 c 1 19 a 8 b2 c 1 20 a 9 b 2 c 1 21 a 10 b 2 c 1 22 a 11 b 2 c 1 23 a 1 b 3 c 1 24 a2 b 3 c 1 25 a 3 b 3 c 1 26 a 4 b 3 c 1 27 a 5 b 3 c 1 28 a 6 b 3 c 1 29a 7 b 3 c 1 30 a 8 b 3 c 1 31 a 9 b 3 c 1 32 a 10 b 3 c 1 33 a 11 b 3 c1 34 a 1 b 4 c 1 35 a 2 b 4 c 1 36 a 3 b 4 c 1 37 a 4 b 4 c 1 38 a 5 b 4c 1 39 a 6 b 4 c 1 40 a 7 b 4 c 1 41 a 8 b 4 c 1 42 a 9 b 4 c 1 43 a 10b 4 c 1 44 a 11 b 4 c 1 45 a 1 b 5 c 1 46 a 2 b 5 c 1 47 a 3 b 5 c 1 48a 4 b 5 c 1 49 a 5 b 5 c 1 50 a 6 b 5 c 1 51 a 7 b 5 c 1 52 a 8 b 5 c 153 a 9 b 5 c 1 54 a 10 b 5 c 1 55 a 11 b 5 c 1 56 a 1 b 6 c 1 57 a 2 b 6c 1 58 a 3 b 6 c 1 59 a 4 b 6 c 1 60 a 5 b 6 c 1 61 a 6 b 6 c 1 62 a 7 b6 c 1 63 a 8 b 6 c 1 64 a 9 b 6 c 1 65 a 10 b 6 c 1 66 a 11 b 6 c 1 67 a1 b 7 c 1 68 a 2 b 7 c 1 69 a 3 b 7 c 1 70 a 4 b 7 c 1 71 a 5 b 7 c 1 72a 6 b 7 c 1 73 a 7 b 7 c 1 74 a 8 b 7 c 1 75 a 9 b 7 c 1 76 a 10 b 7 c 177 a 11 b 7 c 1 78 a 1 b 8 c 1 79 a 2 b 8 c 1 80 a 3 b 8 c 1 81 a 4 b 8c 1 82 a 5 b 8 c 1 83 a 6 b 8 c 1 84 a 7 b 8 c 1 85 a 8 b 8 c 1 86 a 9 b8 c 1 87 a 10 b 8 c 1 88 a 11 b 8 c 1 89 a 1 b 9 c 1 90 a 2 b 9 c 1 91 a3 b 9 c 1 92 a 4 b 9 c 1 93 a 5 b 9 c 1 94 a 6 b 9 c 1 95 a 7 b 9 c 1 96a 8 b 9 c 1 97 a 9 b 9 c 1 98 a 10 b 9 c 1 99 a 11 b 9 c 1 100 a 1 b 10c 1 101 a 2 b 10 c 1 102 a 3 b 10 c 1 103 a 4 b 10 c 1 104 a 5 b 10 c 1105 a 6 b 10 c 1 106 a 7 b 10 c 1 107 a 8 b 10 c 1 108 a 9 b 10 c 1 109a 10 b 10 c 1 110 a 11 b 10 c 1 111 a 1 b 11 c 1 112 a 2 b 11 c 1 113 a3 b 11 c 1 114 a 4 b 11 c 1 115 a 5 b 11 c 1 116 a 6 b 11 c 1 117 a 7 b11 c 1 118 a 8 b 11 c 1 119 a 9 b 11 c 1 120 a 10 b 11 c 1 121 a 11 b 11c 1 122 a 1 b 12 c 1 123 a 2 b 12 c 1 124 a 3 b 12 c 1 125 a 4 b 12 c 1126 a 5 b 12 c 1 127 a 6 b 12 c 1 128 a 7 b 12 c 1 129 a 8 b 12 c 1 130a 9 b 12 c 1 131 a 10 b 12 c 1 132 a 11 b 12 c 1 133 a 1 b 13 c 1 134 a2 b 13 c 1 135 a 3 b 13 c 1 136 a 4 b 13 c 1 137 a 5 b 13 c 1 138 a 6 b13 c 1 139 a 7 b 13 c 1 140 a 8 b 13 c 1 141 a 9 b 13 c 1 142 a 10 b 13c 1 143 a 11 b 13 c 1 144 a 1 b 14 c 1 145 a 2 b 14 c 1 146 a 3 b 14 c 1147 a 4 b 14 c 1 148 a 5 b 14 c 1 149 a 6 b 14 c 1 150 a 7 b 14 c 1 151a 8 b 14 c 1 152 a 9 b 14 c 1 153 a 10 b 14 c 1 154 a 11 b 14 c 1 155 a1 b 15 c 1 156 a 2 b 15 c 1 157 a 3 b 15 c 1 158 a 4 b 15 c 1 159 a 5 b15 c 1 160 a 6 b 15 c 1 161 a 7 b 15 c 1 162 a 8 b 15 c 1 163 a 9 b 15 c1 164 a 10 b 15 c 1 165 a 11 b 15 c 1 166 a 1 b 1 c 2 167 a 2 b 1 c 2168 a 3 b 1 c 2 169 a 4 b 1 c 2 170 a 5 b 1 c 2 171 a 6 b 1 c 2 172 a 7b 1 c 2 173 a 8 b 1 c 2 174 a 9 b 1 c 2 175 a 10 b 1 c 2 176 a 11 b 1 c2 177 a 1 b 2 c 2 178 a 2 b 2 c 2 179 a 3 b 2 c 2 180 a 4 b 2 c 2 181 a5 b 2 c 2 182 a 6 b 2 c 2 183 a 7 b 2 c 2 184 a 8 b 2 c 2 185 a 9 b 2 c2 186 a 10 b 2 c 2 187 a 11 b 2 c 2 188 a 1 b 3 c 2 189 a 2 b 3 c 2 190a 3 b 3 c 2 191 a 4 b 3 c 2 192 a 5 b 3 c 2 193 a 6 b 3 c 2 194 a 7 b 3c 2 195 a 8 b 3 c 2 196 a 9 b 3 c 2 197 a 10 b 3 c 2 198 a 11 b 3 c 2199 a 1 b 4 c 2 200 a 2 b 4 c 2 201 a 3 b 4 c 2 202 a 4 b 4 c 2 203 a 5b 4 c 2 204 a 6 b 4 c 2 205 a 7 b 4 c 2 206 a 8 b 4 c 2 207 a 9 b 4 c 2208 a 10 b 4 c 2 209 a 11 b 4 c 2 210 a 1 b 5 c 2 211 a 2 b 5 c 2 212 a3 b 5 c 2 213 a 4 b 5 c 2 214 a 5 b 5 c 2 215 a 6 b 5 c 2 216 a 7 b 5 c2 217 a 8 b 5 c 2 218 a 9 b 5 c 2 219 a 10 b 5 c 2 220 a 11 b 5 c 2 221a 1 b 6 c 2 222 a 2 b 6 c 2 223 a 3 b 6 c 2 224 a 4 b 6 c 2 225 a 5 b 6c 2 226 a 6 b 6 c 2 227 a 7 b 6 c 2 228 a 8 b 6 c 2 229 a 9 b 6 c 2 230a 10 b 6 c 2 231 a 11 b 6 c 2 232 a 1 b 7 c 2 233 a 2 b 7 c 2 234 a 3 b7 c 2 235 a 4 b 7 c 2 236 a 5 b 7 c 2 237 a 6 b 7 c 2 238 a 7 b 7 c 2239 a 8 b 7 c 2 240 a 9 b 7 c 2 241 a 10 b 7 c 2 242 a 11 b 7 c 2 243 a1 b 8 c 2 244 a 2 b 8 c 2 245 a 3 b 8 c 2 246 a 4 b 8 c 2 247 a 5 b 8 c2 248 a 6 b 8 c 2 249 a 7 b 8 c 2 250 a 8 b 8 c 2 251 a 9 b 8 c 2 252 a10 b 8 c 2 253 a 11 b 8 c 2 254 a 1 b 9 c 2 255 a 2 b 9 c 2 256 a 3 b 9c 2 257 a 4 b 9 c 2 258 a 5 b 9 c 2 259 a 6 b 9 c 2 260 a 7 b 9 c 2 261a 8 b 9 c 2 262 a 9 b 9 c 2 263 a 10 b 9 c 2 264 a 11 b 9 c 2 265 a 1 b10 c 2 266 a 2 b 10 c 2 267 a 3 b 10 c 2 268 a 4 b 10 c 2 269 a 5 b 10 c2 270 a 6 b 10 c 2 271 a 7 b 10 c 2 272 a 8 b 10 c 2 273 a 9 b 10 c 2274 a 10 b 10 c 2 275 a 11 b 10 c 2 276 a 1 b 11 c 2 277 a 2 b 11 c 2278 a 3 b 11 c 2 279 a 4 b 11 c 2 280 a 5 b 11 c 2 281 a 6 b 11 c 2 282a 7 b 11 c 2 283 a 8 b 11 c 2 284 a 9 b 11 c 2 285 a 10 b 11 c 2 286 a11 b 11 c 2 287 a 1 b 12 c 2 288 a 2 b 12 c 2 289 a 3 b 12 c 2 290 a 4 b12 c 2 291 a 5 b 12 c 2 292 a 6 b 12 c 2 293 a 7 b 12 c 2 294 a 8 b 12 c2 295 a 9 b 12 c 2 296 a 10 b 12 c 2 297 a 11 b 12 c 2 298 a 1 b 13 c 2299 a 2 b 13 c 2 300 a 3 b 13 c 2 301 a 4 b 13 c 2 302 a 5 b 13 c 2 303a 6 b 13 c 2 304 a 7 b 13 c 2 305 a 8 b 13 c 2 306 a 9 b 13 c 2 307 a 10b 13 c 2 308 a 11 b 13 c 2 309 a 1 b 14 c 2 310 a 2 b 14 c 2 311 a 3 b14 c 2 312 a 4 b 14 c 2 313 a 5 b 14 c 2 314 a 6 b 14 c 2 315 a 7 b 14 c2 316 a 8 b 14 c 2 317 a 9 b 14 c 2 318 a 10 b 14 c 2 319 a 11 b 14 c 2320 a 1 b 15 c 2 321 a 2 b 15 c 2 322 a 3 b 15 c 2 323 a 4 b 15 c 2 324a 5 b 15 c 2 325 a 6 b 15 c 2 326 a 7 b 15 c 2 327 a 8 b 15 c 2 328 a 9b 15 c 2 329 a 10 b 15 c 2 330 a 11 b 15 c 2 331 a 1 b 1 c 3 332 a 2 b 1c 3 333 a 3 b 1 c 3 334 a 4 b 1 c 3 335 a 5 b 1 c 3 336 a 6 b 1 c 3 337a 7 b 1 c 3 338 a 8 b 1 c 3 339 a 9 b 1 c 3 340 a 10 b 1 c 3 341 a 11 b1 c 3 342 a 1 b 2 c 3 343 a 2 b 2 c 3 344 a 3 b 2 c 3 345 a 4 b 2 c 3346 a 5 b 2 c 3 347 a 6 b 2 c 3 348 a 7 b 2 c 3 349 a 8 b 2 c 3 350 a 9b 2 c 3 351 a 10 b 2 c 3 352 a 11 b 2 c 3 353 a 1 b 3 c 3 354 a 2 b 3 c3 355 a 3 b 3 c 3 356 a 4 b 3 c 3 357 a 5 b 3 c 3 358 a 6 b 3 c 3 359 a7 b 3 c 3 360 a 8 b 3 c 3 361 a 9 b 3 c 3 362 a 10 b 3 c 3 363 a 11 b 3c 3 364 a 1 b 4 c 3 365 a 2 b 4 c 3 366 a 3 b 4 c 3 367 a 4 b 4 C 3 368a 5 b 4 c 3 369 a 6 b 4 c 3 370 a 7 b 4 c 3 371 a 8 b 4 c 3 372 a 9 b 4c 3 373 a 10 b 4 c 3 374 a 11 b 4 c 3 375 a 1 b 5 c 3 376 a 2 b 5 c 3377 a 3 b 5 c 3 378 a 4 b 5 c 3 379 a 5 b 5 c 3 380 a 6 b 5 c 3 381 a 7b 5 c 3 382 a 8 b 5 c 3 383 a 9 b 5 c 3 384 a 10 b 5 c 3 385 a 11 b 5 c3 386 a 1 b 6 c 3 387 a 2 b 6 c 3 388 a 3 b 6 c 3 389 a 4 b 6 c 3 390 a5 b 6 c 3 391 a 6 b 6 c 3 392 a 7 b 6 c 3 393 a 8 b 6 c 3 394 a 9 b 6 c3 395 a 10 b 6 c 3 396 a 11 b 6 c 3 397 a 1 b 7 c 3 398 a 2 b 7 c 3 399a 3 b 7 c 3 400 a 4 b 7 c 3 401 a 5 b 7 c 3 402 a 6 b 7 c 3 403 a 7 b 7c 3 404 a 8 b 7 c 3 405 a 9 b 7 c 3 406 a 10 b 7 c 3 407 a 11 b 7 c 3408 a 1 b 8 c 3 409 a 2 b 8 c 3 410 a 3 b 8 c 3 411 a 4 b 8 c 3 412 a 5b 8 c 3 413 a 6 b 8 c 3 414 a 7 b 8 c 3 415 a 8 b 8 c 3 416 a 9 b 8 c 3417 a 10 b 8 c 3 418 a 11 b 8 c 3 419 a 1 b 9 c 3 420 a 2 b 9 c 3 421 a3 b 9 c 3 422 a 4 b 9 c 3 423 a 5 b 9 c 3 424 a 6 b 9 c 3 425 a 7 b 9 c3 426 a 8 b 9 c 3 427 a 9 b 9 c 3 428 a 10 b 9 c 3 429 a 11 b 9 c 3 430a 1 b 10 c 3 431 a 2 b 10 c 3 432 a 3 b 10 c 3 433 a 4 b 10 c 3 434 a 5b 10 c 3 435 a 6 b 10 c 3 436 a 7 b 10 c 3 437 a 8 b 10 c 3 438 a 9 b 10c 3 439 a 10 b 10 c 3 440 a 11 b 10 c 3 441 a 1 b 11 c 3 442 a 2 b 11 c3 443 a 3 b 11 c 3 444 a 4 b 11 c 3 445 a 5 b 11 c 3 446 a 6 b 11 c 3447 a 7 b 11 c 3 448 a 8 b 11 c 3 449 a 9 b 11 c 3 450 a 10 b 11 c 3 451a 11 b 11 c 3 452 a 1 b 12 c 3 453 a 2 b 12 c 3 454 a 3 b 12 c 3 455 a 4b 12 c 3 456 a 5 b 12 c 3 457 a 6 b 12 c 3 458 a 7 b 12 c 3 459 a 8 b 12c 3 460 a 9 b 12 c 3 461 a 10 b 12 c 3 462 a 11 b 12 c 3 463 a 1 b 13 c3 464 a 2 b 13 c 3 465 a 3 b 13 c 3 466 a 4 b 13 c 3 467 a 5 b 13 c 3468 a 6 b 13 c 3 469 a 7 b 13 c 3 470 a 8 b 13 c 3 471 a 9 b 13 c 3 472a 10 b 13 c 3 473 a 11 b 13 c 3 474 a 1 b 14 c 3 475 a 2 b 14 c 3 476 a3 b 14 c 3 477 a 4 b 14 c 3 478 a 5 b 14 c 3 479 a 6 b 14 c 3 480 a 7 b14 c 3 481 a 8 b 14 c 3 482 a 9 b 14 c 3 483 a 10 b 14 c 3 484 a 11 b 14c 3 485 a 1 b 15 c 3 486 a 2 b 15 c 3 487 a 3 b 15 c 3 488 a 4 b 15 c 3489 a 5 b 15 c 3 490 a 6 b 15 c 3 491 a 7 b 15 c 3 492 a 8 b 15 c 3 493a 9 b 15 c 3 494 a 10 b 15 c 3 495 a 11 b 15 c 3 496 a 1 b 1 c 4 497 a 2b 1 c 4 498 a 3 b 1 c 4 499 a 4 b 1 c 4 500 a 5 b 1 c 4 501 a 6 b 1 c 4502 a 7 b 1 c 4 503 a 8 b 1 c 4 504 a 9 b 1 c 4 505 a 10 b 1 c 4 506 a11 b 1 c 4 507 a 1 b 2 c 4 508 a 2 b 2 c 4 509 a 3 b 2 c 4 510 a 4 b 2 c4 511 a 5 b 2 c 4 512 a 6 b 2 c 4 513 a 7 b 2 c 4 514 a 8 b 2 c 4 515 a9 b 2 c 4 516 a 10 b 2 c 4 517 a 11 b 2 c 4 518 a 1 b 3 c 4 519 a 2 b 3c 4 520 a 3 b 3 c 4 521 a 4 b 3 c 4 522 a 5 b 3 c 4 523 a 6 b 3 c 4 524a 7 b 3 c 4 525 a 8 b 3 c 4 526 a 9 b 3 c 4 527 a 10 b 3 c 4 528 a 11 b3 c 4 529 a 1 b 4 c 4 530 a 2 b 4 c 4 531 a 3 b 4 c 4 532 a 4 b 4 c 4533 a 5 b 4 c 4 534 a 6 b 4 c 4 535 a 7 b 4 c 4 536 a 8 b 4 c 4 537 a 9b 4 c 4 538 a 10 b 4 c 4 539 a 11 b 4 c 4 540 a 1 b 5 c 4 541 a 2 b 5 c4 542 a 3 b 5 c 4 543 a 4 b 5 c 4 544 a 5 b 5 c 4 545 a 6 b 5 c 4 546 a7 b 5 c 4 547 a 8 b 5 c 4 548 a 9 b 5 c 4 549 a 10 b 5 c 4 550 a 11 b 5c 4 551 a 1 b 6 c 4 552 a 2 b 6 c 4 553 a 3 b 6 c 4 554 a 4 b 6 c 4 555a 5 b 6 c 4 556 a 6 b 6 c 4 557 a 7 b 6 c 4 558 a 8 b 6 c 4 559 a 9 b 6c 4 560 a 10 b 6 c 4 561 a 11 b 6 c 4 562 a 1 b 7 c 4 563 a 2 b 7 c 4564 a 3 b 7 c 4 565 a 4 b 7 c 4 566 a 5 b 7 c 4 567 a 6 b 7 c 4 568 a 7b 7 c 4 569 a 8 b 7 c 4 570 a 9 b 7 c 4 571 a 10 b 7 c 4 572 a 11 b 7 c4 573 a 1 b 8 c 4 574 a 2 b 8 c 4 575 a 3 b 8 c 4 576 a 4 b 8 c 4 577 a5 b 8 c 4 578 a 6 b 8 c 4 579 a 7 b 8 c 4 580 a 8 b 8 c 4 581 a 9 b 8 c4 582 a 10 b 8 c 4 583 a 11 b 8 c 4 584 a 1 b 9 c 4 585 a 2 b 9 c 4 586a 3 b 9 c 4 587 a 4 b 9 c 4 588 a 5 b 9 c 4 589 a 6 b 9 c 4 590 a 7 b 9c 4 591 a 8 b 9 c 4 592 a 9 b 9 c 4 593 a 10 b 9 c 4 594 a 11 b 9 c 4595 a 1 b 10 c 4 596 a 2 b 10 c 4 597 a 3 b 10 c 4 598 a 4 b 10 c 4 599a 5 b 10 c 4 600 a 6 b 10 c 4 601 a 7 b 10 c 4 602 a 8 b 10 c 4 603 a 9b 10 c 4 604 a 10 b 10 c 4 605 a 11 b 10 c 4 606 a 1 b 11 c 4 607 a 2 b11 c 4 608 a 3 b 11 c 4 609 a 4 b 11 c 4 610 a 5 b 11 c 4 611 a 6 b 11 c4 612 a 7 b 11 c 4 613 a 8 b 11 c 4 614 a 9 b 11 c 4 615 a 10 b 11 c 4616 a 11 b 11 c 4 617 a 1 b 12 c 4 618 a 2 b 12 c 4 619 a 3 b 12 c 4 620a 4 b 12 c 4 621 a 5 b 12 c 4 622 a 6 b 12 c 4 623 a 7 b 12 c 4 624 a 8b 12 c 4 625 a 9 b 12 c 4 626 a 10 b 12 c 4 627 a 11 b 12 c 4 628 a 1 b13 c 4 629 a 2 b 13 c 4 630 a 3 b 13 c 4 631 a 4 b 13 c 4 632 a 5 b 13 c4 633 a 6 b 13 c 4 634 a 7 b 13 c 4 635 a 8 b 13 c 4 636 a 9 b 13 c 4637 a 10 b 13 c 4 638 a 11 b 13 c 4 639 a 1 b 14 c 4 640 a 2 b 14 c 4641 a 3 b 14 c 4 642 a 4 b 14 c 4 643 a 5 b 14 c 4 644 a 6 b 14 c 4 645a 7 b 14 c 4 646 a 8 b 14 c 4 647 a 9 b 14 c 4 648 a 10 b 14 c 4 649 a11 b 14 c 4 650 a 1 b 15 c 4 651 a 2 b 15 c 4 652 a 3 b 15 c 4 653 a 4 b15 c 4 654 a 5 b 15 c 4 655 a 6 b 15 c 4 656 a 7 b 15 c 4 657 a 8 b 15 c4 658 a 9 b 15 c 4 659 a 10 b 15 c 4 660 a 11 b 15 c 4 661 a 1 b 1 c 5662 a 2 b 1 c 5 663 a 3 b 1 c 5 664 a 4 b 1 c 5 665 a 5 b 1 c 5 666 a 6b 1 c 5 667 a 7 b 1 c 5 668 a 8 b 1 c 5 669 a 9 b 1 c 5 670 a 10 b 1 c 5671 a 11 b 1 c 5 672 a 1 b 2 c 5 673 a 2 b 2 c 5 674 a 3 b 2 c 5 675 a 4b 2 c 5 676 a 5 b 2 c 5 677 a 6 b 2 c 5 678 a 7 b 2 c 5 679 a 8 b 2 c 5680 a 9 b 2 c 5 681 a 10 b 2 c 5 682 a 11 b 2 c 5 683 a 1 b 3 c 5 684 a2 b 3 c 5 685 a 3 b 3 c 5 686 a 4 b 3 c 5 687 a 5 b 3 c 5 688 a 6 b 3 c5 689 a 7 b 3 c 5 690 a 8 b 3 c 5 691 a 9 b 3 c 5 692 a 10 b 3 c 5 693 a11 b 3 c 5 694 a 1 b 4 c 5 695 a 2 b 4 c 5 696 a 3 b 4 c 5 697 a 4 b 4 c5 698 a 5 b 4 c 5 699 a 6 b 4 c 5 700 a 7 b 4 c 5 701 a 8 b 4 c 5 702 a9 b 4 c 5 703 a 10 b 4 c 5 704 a 11 b 4 c 5 705 a 1 b 5 c 5 706 a 2 b 5c 5 707 a 3 b 5 c 5 708 a 4 b 5 c 5 709 a 5 b 5 c 5 710 a 6 b 5 c 5 711a 7 b 5 c 5 712 a 8 b 5 c 5 713 a 9 b 5 c 5 714 a 10 b 5 c 5 715 a 11 b5 c 5 716 a 1 b 6 c 5 717 a 2 b 6 c 5 718 a 3 b 6 c 5 719 a 4 b 6 c 5720 a 5 b 6 c 5 721 a 6 b 6 c 5 722 a 7 b 6 c 5 723 a 8 b 6 c 5 724 a 9b 6 c 5 725 a 10 b 6 c 5 726 a 11 b 6 c 5 727 a 1 b 7 c 5 728 a 2 b 7 c5 729 a 3 b 7 c 5 730 a 4 b 7 c 5 731 a 5 b 7 c 5 732 a 6 b 7 c 5 733 a7 b 7 c 5 734 a 8 b 7 c 5 735 a 9 b 7 c 5 736 a 10 b 7 c 5 737 a 11 b 7c 5 738 a 1 b 8 c 5 739 a 2 b 8 c 5 740 a 3 b 8 c 5 741 a 4 b 8 c 5 742a 5 b 8 c 5 743 a 6 b 8 c 5 744 a 7 b 8 c 5 745 a 8 b 8 c 5 746 a 9 b 8c 5 747 a 10 b 8 c 5 748 a 11 b 8 c 5 749 a 1 b 9 c 5 750 a 2 b 9 c 5751 a 3 b 9 c 5 752 a 4 b 9 c 5 753 a 5 b 9 c 5 754 a 6 b 9 c 5 755 a 7b 9 c 5 756 a 8 b 9 c 5 757 a 9 b 9 c 5 758 a 10 b 9 c 5 759 a 11 b 9 c5 760 a 1 b 10 c 5 761 a 2 b 10 c 5 762 a 3 b 10 c 5 763 a 4 b 10 c 5764 a 5 b 10 c 5 765 a 6 b 10 c 5 766 a 7 b 10 c 5 767 a 8 b 10 c 5 768a 9 b 10 c 5 769 a 10 b 10 c 5 770 a 11 b 10 c 5 771 a 1 b 11 c 5 772 a2 b 11 c 5 773 a 3 b 11 c 5 774 a 4 b 11 c 5 775 a 5 b 11 c 5 776 a 6 b11 c 5 777 a 7 b 11 c 5 778 a 8 b 11 c 5 779 a 9 b 11 c 5 780 a 10 b 11c 5 781 a 11 b 11 c 5 782 a 1 b 12 c 5 783 a 2 b 12 c 5 784 a 3 b 12 c 5785 a 4 b 12 c 5 786 a 5 b 12 c 5 787 a 6 b 12 c 5 788 a 7 b 12 c 5 789a 8 b 12 c 5 790 a 9 b 12 c 5 791 a 10 b 12 c 5 792 a 11 b 12 c 5 793 a1 b 13 c 5 794 a 2 b 13 c 5 795 a 3 b 13 c 5 796 a 4 b 13 c 5 797 a 5 b13 c 5 798 a 6 b 13 c 5 799 a 7 b 13 c 5 800 a 8 b 13 c 5 801 a 9 b 13 c5 802 a 10 b 13 c 5 803 a 11 b 13 c 5 804 a 1 b 14 c 5 805 a 2 b 14 c 5806 a 3 b 14 c 5 807 a 4 b 14 c 5 808 a 5 b 14 c 5 809 a 6 b 14 c 5 810a 7 b 14 c 5 811 a 8 b 14 c 5 812 a 9 b 14 c 5 813 a 10 b 14 c 5 814 a11 b 14 c 5 815 a 1 b 15 c 5 816 a 2 b 15 c 5 817 a 3 b 15 c 5 818 a 4 b15 c 5 819 a 5 b 15 c 5 820 a 6 b 15 c 5 821 a 7 b 15 c 5 822 a 8 b 15 c5 823 a 9 b 15 c 5 824 a 10 b 15 c 5 825 a 11 b 15 c 5 826 a 1 b 1 c 6827 a 2 b 1 c 6 828 a 3 b 1 c 6 829 a 4 b 1 c 6 830 a 5 b 1 c 6 831 a 6b 1 c 6 832 a 7 b 1 c 6 833 a 8 b 1 c 6 834 a 9 b 1 c 6 835 a 10 b 1 c 6836 a 11 b 1 c 6 837 a 1 b 2 c 6 838 a 2 b 2 c 6 839 a 3 b 2 c 6 840 a 4b 2 c 6 841 a 5 b 2 c 6 842 a 6 b 2 c 6 843 a 7 b 2 c 6 844 a 8 b 2 c 6845 a 9 b 2 c 6 846 a 10 b 2 c 6 847 a 11 b 2 c 6 848 a 1 b 3 c 6 849 a2 b 3 c 6 850 a 3 b 3 c 6 851 a 4 b 3 c 6 852 a 5 b 3 c 6 853 a 6 b 3 c6 854 a 7 b 3 c 6 855 a 8 b 3 c 6 856 a 9 b 3 c 6 857 a 10 b 3 c 6 858 a11 b 3 c 6 859 a 1 b 4 c 6 860 a 2 b 4 c 6 861 a 3 b 4 c 6 862 a 4 b 4 c6 863 a 5 b 4 c 6 864 a 6 b 4 c 6 865 a 7 b 4 c 6 866 a 8 b 4 c 6 867 a9 b 4 c 6 868 a 10 b 4 c 6 869 a 11 b 4 c 6 870 a 1 b 5 c 6 871 a 2 b 5c 6 872 a 3 b 5 c 6 873 a 4 b 5 c 6 874 a 5 b 5 c 6 875 a 6 b 5 c 6 876a 7 b 5 c 6 877 a 8 b 5 c 6 878 a 9 b 5 c 6 879 a 10 b 5 c 6 880 a 11 b5 c 6 881 a 1 b 6 c 6 882 a 2 b 6 c 6 883 a 3 b 6 c 6 884 a 4 b 6 c 6885 a 5 b 6 c 6 886 a 6 b 6 c 6 887 a 7 b 6 c 6 888 a 8 b 6 c 6 889 a 9b 6 c 6 890 a 10 b 6 c 6 891 a 11 b 6 c 6 892 a 1 b 7 c 6 893 a 2 b 7 c6 894 a 3 b 7 c 6 895 a 4 b 7 c 6 896 a 5 b 7 c 6 897 a 6 b 7 c 6 898 a7 b 7 c 6 899 a 8 b 7 c 6 900 a 9 b 7 c 6 901 a 10 b 7 c 6 902 a 11 b 7c 6 903 a 1 b 8 c 6 904 a 2 b 8 c 6 905 a 3 b 8 c 6 906 a 4 b 8 c 6 907a 5 b 8 c 6 908 a 6 b 8 c 6 909 a 7 b 8 c 6 910 a 8 b 8 c 6 911 a 9 b 8c 6 912 a 10 b 8 c 6 913 a 11 b 8 c 6 914 a 1 b 9 c 6 915 a 2 b 9 c 6916 a 3 b 9 c 6 917 a 4 b 9 c 6 918 a 5 b 9 c 6 919 a 6 b 9 c 6 920 a 7b 9 c 6 921 a 8 b 9 c 6 922 a 9 b 9 c 6 923 a 10 b 9 c 6 924 a 11 b 9 c6 925 a 1 b 10 c 6 926 a 2 b 10 c 6 927 a 3 b 10 c 6 928 a 4 b 10 c 6929 a 5 b 10 c 6 930 a 6 b 10 c 6 931 a 7 b 10 c 6 932 a 8 b 10 c 6 933a 9 b 10 c 6 934 a 10 b 10 c 6 935 a 11 b 10 c 6 936 a 1 b 11 c 6 937 a2 b 11 c 6 938 a 3 b 11 c 6 939 a 4 b 11 c 6 940 a 5 b 11 c 6 941 a 6 b11 c 6 942 a 7 b 11 c 6 943 a 8 b 11 c 6 944 a 9 b 11 c 6 945 a 10 b 11c 6 946 a 11 b 11 c 6 947 a 1 b 12 c 6 948 a 2 b 12 c 6 949 a 3 b 12 c 6950 a 4 b 12 c 6 951 a 5 b 12 c 6 952 a 6 b 12 c 6 953 a 7 b 12 c 6 954a 8 b 12 c 6 955 a 9 b 12 c 6 956 a 10 b 12 c 6 957 a 11 b 12 c 6 958 a1 b 13 c 6 959 a 2 b 13 c 6 960 a 3 b 13 c 6 961 a 4 b 13 c 6 962 a 5 b13 c 6 963 a 6 b 13 c 6 964 a 7 b 13 c 6 965 a 8 b 13 c 6 966 a 9 b 13 c6 967 a 10 b 13 c 6 968 a 11 b 13 c 6 969 a 1 b 14 c 6 970 a 2 b 14 c 6971 a 3 b 14 c 6 972 a 4 b 14 c 6 973 a 5 b 14 c 6 974 a 6 b 14 c 6 975a 7 b 14 c 6 976 a 8 b 14 c 6 977 a 9 b 14 c 6 978 a 10 b 14 c 6 979 a11 b 14 c 6 980 a 1 b 15 c 6 981 a 2 b 15 c 6 982 a 3 b 15 c 6 983 a 4 b15 c 6 984 a 5 b 15 c 6 985 a 6 b 15 c 6 986 a 7 b 15 c 6 987 a 8 b 15 c6 988 a 9 b 15 c 6 989 a 10 b 15 c 6 990 a 11 b 15 c 6 991 a 1 b 1 c 7992 a 2 b 1 c 7 993 a 3 b 1 c 7 994 a 4 b 1 c 7 995 a 5 b 1 c 7 996 a 6b 1 c 7 997 a 7 b 1 c 7 998 a 8 b 1 c 7 999 a 9 b 1 c 7 1000 a 10 b 1 c7 1001 a 11 b 1 c 7 1002 a 1 b 2 c 7 1003 a 2 b 2 c 7 1004 a 3 b 2 c 71005 a 4 b 2 c 7 1006 a 5 b 2 c 7 1007 a 6 b 2 c 7 1008 a 7 b 2 c 7 1009a 8 b 2 c 7 1010 a 9 b 2 c 7 1011 a 10 b 2 c 7 1012 a 11 b 2 c 7 1013 a1 b 3 c 7 1014 a 2 b 3 c 7 1015 a 3 b 3 c 7 1016 a 4 b 3 c 7 1017 a 5 b3 c 7 1018 a 6 b 3 c 7 1019 a 7 b 3 c 7 1020 a 8 b 3 c 7 1021 a 9 b 3 c7 1022 a 10 b 3 c 7 1023 a 11 b 3 c 7 1024 a 1 b 4 c 7 1025 a 2 b 4 c 71026 a 3 b 4 c 7 1027 a 4 b 4 c 7 1028 a 5 b 4 c 7 1029 a 6 b 4 c 7 1030a 7 b 4 c 7 1031 a 8 b 4 c 7 1032 a 9 b 4 c 7 1033 a 10 b 4 c 7 1034 a11 b 4 c 7 1035 a 1 b 5 c 7 1036 a 2 b 5 c 7 1037 a 3 b 5 c 7 1038 a 4 b5 c 7 1039 a 5 b 5 c 7 1040 a 6 b 5 c 7 1041 a 7 b 5 c 7 1042 a 8 b 5 c7 1043 a 9 b 5 c 7 1044 a 10 b 5 c 7 1045 a 11 b 5 c 7 1046 a 1 b 6 c 71047 a 2 b 6 c 7 1048 a 3 b 6 c 7 1049 a 4 b 6 c 7 1050 a 5 b 6 c 7 1051a 6 b 6 c 7 1052 a 7 b 6 c 7 1053 a 8 b 6 c 7 1054 a 9 b 6 c 7 1055 a 10b 6 c 7 1056 a 11 b 6 c 7 1057 a 1 b 7 c 7 1058 a 2 b 7 c 7 1059 a 3 b 7c 7 1060 a 4 b 7 c 7 1061 a 5 b 7 c 7 1062 a 6 b 7 c 7 1063 a 7 b 7 c 71064 a 8 b 7 c 7 1065 a 9 b 7 c 7 1066 a 10 b 7 c 7 1067 a 11 b 7 c 71068 a 1 b 8 c 7 1069 a 2 b 8 c 7 1070 a 3 b 8 c 7 1071 a 4 b 8 c 7 1072a 5 b 8 c 7 1073 a 6 b 8 c 7 1074 a 7 b 8 c 7 1075 a 8 b 8 c 7 1076 a 9b 8 c 7 1077 a 10 b 8 c 7 1078 a 11 b 8 c 7 1079 a 1 b 9 c 7 1080 a 2 b9 c 7 1081 a 3 b 9 c 7 1082 a 4 b 9 c 7 1083 a 5 b 9 c 7 1084 a 6 b 9 c7 1085 a 7 b 9 c 7 1086 a 8 b 9 c 7 1087 a 9 b 9 c 7 1088 a 10 b 9 c 71089 a 11 b 9 c 7 1090 a 1 b 10 c 7 1091 a 2 b 10 c 7 1092 a 3 b 10 c 71093 a 4 b 10 c 7 1094 a 5 b 10 c 7 1095 a 6 b 10 c 7 1096 a 7 b 10 c 71097 a 8 b 10 c 7 1098 a 9 b 10 c 7 1099 a 10 b 10 c 7 1100 a 11 b 10 c7 1101 a 1 b 11 c 7 1102 a 2 b 11 c 7 1103 a 3 b 11 c 7 1104 a 4 b 11 c7 1105 a 5 b 11 c 7 1106 a 6 b 11 c 7 1107 a 7 b 11 c 7 1108 a 8 b 11 c7 1109 a 9 b 11 c 7 1110 a 10 b 11 c 7 1111 a 11 b 11 c 7 1112 a 1 b 12c 7 1113 a 2 b 12 c 7 1114 a 3 b 12 c 7 1115 a 4 b 12 c 7 1116 a 5 b 12c 7 1117 a 6 b 12 c 7 1118 a 7 b 12 c 7 1119 a 8 b 12 c 7 1120 a 9 b 12c 7 1121 a 10 b 12 c 7 1122 a 11 b 12 c 7 1123 a 1 b 13 c 7 1124 a 2 b13 c 7 1125 a 3 b 13 c 7 1126 a 4 b 13 c 7 1127 a 5 b 13 c 7 1128 a 6 b13 c 7 1129 a 7 b 13 c 7 1130 a 8 b 13 c 7 1131 a 9 b 13 c 7 1132 a 10 b13 c 7 1133 a 11 b 13 c 7 1134 a 1 b 14 c 7 1135 a 2 b 14 c 7 1136 a 3 b14 c 7 1137 a 4 b 14 c 7 1138 a 5 b 14 c 7 1139 a 6 b 14 c 7 1140 a 7 b14 c 7 1141 a 8 b 14 c 7 1142 a 9 b 14 c 7 1143 a 10 b 14 c 7 1144 a 11b 14 c 7 1145 a 1 b 15 c 7 1146 a 2 b 15 c 7 1147 a 3 b 15 c 7 1148 a 4b 15 c 7 1149 a 5 b 15 c 7 1150 a 6 b 15 c 7 1151 a 7 b 15 c 7 1152 a 8b 15 c 7 1153 a 9 b 15 c 7 1154 a 10 b 15 c 7 1155 a 11 b 15 c 7

According to the above table, the ligand structure of No. 33-1 means acombination of a1-b1-c3, so that when the metal part MQj is ZrCl₂, thefollowing metallocene compound is exemplified.

Specific examples of MQj include ZrCl₂, ZrBr₂, ZrMe₂, Zr(OTs)₂,Zr(OMs)₂, Zr(OTf)₂, TiCl₂, TiBr₂, TiMe₂, Ti(OTS)₂, Ti(OMs)₂, Ti(OTf)₂,HfCl₂, HfBr₂, HfMe₂, Hf(OTs)₂, Hf(OMs)₂ and Hf(OTf)₂.

Preferred examples of the metallocene compounds represented by theformula (1b) or (2b) according to the invention include:

a metallocene compound of the formula (1b) wherein R²¹, R¹³ and R¹⁴ areeach methyl, R²² is tert-butyl, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹² areeach hydrogen, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;

-   -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1b) wherein R²¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R²² is tert-butyl, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and        R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (1b) wherein R²¹, R¹³ and        R¹⁴ are each methyl, R²² is tert-butyl, R⁵, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰ and        R¹² are each hydrogen, R⁶ and R¹¹ are each tert-butyl, M is        zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, and j is 2;    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2b) wherein R²¹ is        methyl, R²² is tert-butyl, R⁵, R⁶, R⁷, R⁸, R⁹, R¹⁰, R¹¹ and R¹²        are each hydrogen, M is zirconium, Y is carbon, Q is chlorine, j        is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—; and    -   a metallocene compound of the formula (2b) wherein R²¹ is        methyl, R²² is tert-butyl, R⁵, R⁶, R⁸, R⁹, R¹¹ and R¹² are each        hydrogen, R⁷ and R¹⁰ are each tert-butyl, M is zirconium, Y is        carbon, Q is chlorine, j is 2, and A is —(CH₂)₅—.

There is no specific limitation on the process for preparing themetallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) or (2b), and thecompound can be prepared by, for example, the following process.

In the process for preparing the metallocene compound according to theinvention, the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) or(2b) is selectively prepared so as not to include an isomeric compoundwherein R¹ and R² are adjacent to each other. To attain this purpose, itis necessary to selectively prepare the ligand precursor, etc. of themetallocene compound. Such a process is described with reference to thefollowing example.

Process for Preparing Metallocene Compound

The ligand precursor (7) used as starting material for preparing themetallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) can be selectivelyprepared through the following step (H) or (I).

In the compounds shown in the above steps (H) and (I), R⁵ to R¹⁴, R²¹,R²² and Y have the same meanings as those of R⁵ to R¹⁴, R²¹, R²² and Yin the formula (1b), respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹ and Z²may be the same or different and are each a halogen or an anionicligand.

With regard to the cyclopentadiene (19b), the precursor compound (23b)and the ligand precursor (7b), presence of isomers different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring can be thought,but only one example is shown. Each of them may be another isomerdifferent in only the position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienylring or a mixture thereof.

By the preparation of a precursor compound through the step (H) or (I),the precursor compound (13b) can be prepared without producing thefollowing isomeric compound (15b) or (16b), and the ligand precursor(7b) can be prepared without producing the following isomeric compound(9b) or (10b).

wherein R²¹, R²², R¹³, R¹⁴ and Y have the same meanings as those of R²¹,R²², R¹³, R¹⁴ and Y in the formula (1b), respectively.

wherein R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, and Y have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹⁴, and Y in the formula (1b), respectively, and thecyclopentadienyl group may be another isomer different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixturethereof.

The ligand precursor (8b) of the metallocene compound represented by theformula (2b) can be selectively prepared through the following step (J)or (K).

In the compounds shown in the above steps (J) and (K), R⁵ to R¹⁴, R²¹,R²², Y and A have the same meanings as those of R⁵ to R¹⁴, R²¹, R²², Yand A in the formula (2b), respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹and Z² may be the same or different and are each a halogen or an anionicligand.

With regard to the cyclopentadiene (19b)., the precursor compound (30b)and the ligand precursor (8b), presence of isomers different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring can be thought,but only one example is shown. Each of them may be another isomerdifferent in only the position of a double bond in the cyclopentadienylring or a mixture thereof.

By the preparation of a precursor compound through the step (J) or (K),the precursor compound (14b) can be prepared without producing thefollowing isomeric compound (17b) or (18b), and the ligand precursor(8b) can be prepared without producing the following isomeric compound(11b) or (12b).

wherein R²¹, R²², Y and A have the same meanings as those of R²¹, R²², Yand A in the formula (2b), respectively.

wherein R²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹², A and Y have the same meanings as those ofR²¹, R²², R⁵ to R¹², A and Y in the formula (2b), respectively, and thecyclopentadienyl group may be another isomer different in only theposition of a double bond in the cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixturethereof.

The cyclopentadiene (19) that is a precursor common to the metallocenecompounds represented by the formulas (1b) and (2b) can be selectivelyprepared through, for example, the following step (L).

In the compounds shown in the step (L), each of R²¹ and R²² has the samemeaning as described in the formula (1b) or (2b), M¹ is an alkali metalor an alkaline earth metal, Z³ is the same as R²² or is a halogen or ananionic ligand, and e is a valence of M¹.

As another step for preparing the cyclopentadiene (19b), the followingstep (M) or (N) is also available. In the step (M) or (N), however, anisomer (20b) wherein R²¹ and R²² are adjacent to each other isoccasionally produced as a by-product, and therefore, the step (M) or(N) is employable only when the isomer (20b) is not produced owing tocombination of R²¹ and R²², reaction conditions, etc.

In the compounds shown in the above steps (M) and (N), R²¹ and R²² havethe same meanings as those of R²¹ and R²² in the formula (1b) or (2b),respectively, L is an alkali metal, and Z¹ is a halogen or an anionicligand.

When R²² is a substituent group represented by CR¹⁵R¹⁶R¹⁷, thecyclopentadiene (19b) can be prepared also through the following step(O).

In the compounds shown in the step (O), R²¹ has the same meaning as thatof R²¹ in the formula (1b) or (2b), R¹³, R¹⁴ and R¹⁵ may be the same ordifferent and are each selected from a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbongroup and a silicon-containing hydrocarbon group, and L is an alkalimetal.

Also in this step, an isomer (20b) wherein R²¹ and R²² are adjacent toeach other is occasionally produced as a by-product, and therefore, thestep (O) is employable only when the isomer (20b) is not produced owingto combination of R²¹ and R²², reaction conditions, etc.

By the preparation of cyclopentadiene through any one of the steps (L)to (O), the cyclopentadiene (19b) can be prepared without producing thefollowing isomeric compound (20b).

wherein R²¹ and R²² have the same meanings as those of R²¹ and R²² inthe formula (1b) or (2b), respectively, and the cyclopentadienyl groupmay be another isomer different in only the position of a double bond inthe cyclopentadienyl ring or a mixture thereof.

Examples of the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, the halogensand the anionic ligands used for the reactions of the steps (H) to (O)include the same ones as used for the reactions of the aforesaid steps(A) to (G).

Next, an example of the process for preparing the metallocene compoundfrom the ligand precursor represented by the formula (7b) or (8b) isdescribed.

In the first place, the ligand precursor represented by the formula (7b)or (8b) that is obtained by the reaction of the step (H), (I), (J) or(K) is brought into contact with an alkali metal, an alkali metalhydride or an organic alkali metal in an organic solvent at a reactiontemperature of −80 to 200° C. to prepare a di-alkali metal salt.

Examples of the organic solvents used for the above reaction include thesame ones as used for preparing the metallocene compound from the ligandprecursor represented by the formula (5) or (6).

Examples of the alkali metals and the alkali metal hydrides used for thereaction include the same ones as used for preparing the metallocenecompound from the ligand precursor represented by the formula (5) or(6).

In the next place, the di-alkali metal salt is allowed to react, in anorganic solvent, with a compound represented by the following formula(43b):MZk   (43b)wherein M is a metal selected from Group 4 of the periodic table, each Zmay be the same or different and is selected from a halogen, an anionicligand and a neutral ligand capable of coordination by a lone pair, andk is an integer of 3 to 6.

Thus, the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) or (2b)can be synthesized.

Preferred examples of the compounds represented by the formula (43b)include trivalent or tetravalent titanium fluoride, chloride, bromide oriodide; tetravalent zirconium fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide;tetravalent hafnium fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide; and complexesof these compounds with ethers such as THF, diethyl ether, dioxane and1,2-dimethoxyethane.

Examples of the organic solvents used include the same ones aspreviously described.

The reaction of the di-alkali metal salt with the compound representedby the formula (43b) is preferably an equimolar reaction, and can becarried out in the aforesaid organic solvent at a reaction temperatureof −80 to 200° C.

The metallocene compound obtained by the reaction can be isolated andpurified by, for example, extraction, recrystallization or sublimation.

The metallocene compound prepared by the process of the inventioncontains no unnecessary isomer, so that when it is used as, for example,an olefin polymerization catalyst, obtainable are favorable results suchthat an atactic polymer is hardly produced.

Olefin Polymerization Catalyst

A preferred embodiment of use of the metallocene compound of theinvention as an olefin polymerization catalyst is described below.

When the metallocene compound of the invention is used as an olefinpolymerization catalyst, the catalyst comprises:

-   -   (A) the metallocene compound,    -   (B) at least one compound selected from:        -   (B-1) an organometallic compound,        -   (B-2) an organoaluminum oxy-compound, and        -   (B-3) a compound which reacts with the metallocene            compound (A) to form an ion pair,    -   and optionally,    -   (C) a particle carrier.

The components (B) and (C) for forming the catalyst are described below.

(B-1) Organometallic Compound

Examples of the organometallic compounds (B-1) used in the preparationof the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer include the below-describedorganometallic compounds containing metals of Group 1, Group 2,.Group 12and Group 13 of the periodic table.

(B-1a) Organoaluminum compound represented by the following formula:R^(a) _(m)Al(OR^(b))_(n)H_(p)X_(q)wherein R^(a) and R^(b) may be the same or different and are each ahydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbonatoms; X is a halogen atom; and m, n, p and q are numbers satisfying theconditions of 0<m≦3, 0≦n<3, 0≦p<3, 0q≦3 and m+n+p+q=3.

(B-1b) Alkyl complex compound comprising a metal of Group 1 of theperiodic table and aluminum, which is represented by the followingformula:M²AlR^(a) ₄wherein M² is Li, Na or K; and R^(a) is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 15carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

(B-1c) Dialkyl compound containing a metal of Group 2 or Group 12 of theperiodic table, which is represented by the following formula:R^(a)R^(b)M³wherein R^(a) and R^(b) may be the same or different and are each ahydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 4 carbonatoms; and M³ is Mg, Zn or Cd.

Examples of the organoaluminum compounds (B-1a) include:

-   -   an organoaluminum compound represented by the following formula:        R^(a) _(m)Al(OR^(b))3-m        wherein R^(a) and R^(b) may be the same or different and are        each a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, preferably 1        to 4 carbon atoms, and m is preferably a number satisfying the        condition of 1.5≦m≦3;    -   an organoaluminum compound represented by the following formula:        R^(a) _(m)Alx_(3-m)        wherein R^(a) is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms,        preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and m is        preferably a number satisfying the condition of 0<m<3;    -   an organoaluminum compound represented by the following formula:        R^(a) _(m)AlH_(3-m)        wherein R^(a) is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms,        preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m is preferably a number        satisfying the condition of 2≦m<3; and    -   an organoaluminum compound represented by the following formula:        R^(a) _(m)Al (OR^(b))_(n)X_(q)        wherein R^(a) and R^(b) may be the same or different and are        each a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, preferably 1        to 4 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and m, n and q are        numbers satisfying the conditions of 0<m≦3, 0≦n<3, 0≦q<3 and        m+n+q=3.

Specific examples of the organoaluminum compounds (B-1a) include:

-   -   tri-n-alkylaluminums, such as trimethylaluminum,        triethylaluminum, tri-n-butylaluminum, tripropylaluminum,        tripentylaluminum, trihexylaluminum, trioctylaluminum and        tridecylaluminum;    -   branched-chain trialkylaluminums, such as triisopropylaluminum,        triisobutylaluminum, tri-sec-butylaluminum,        tri-tert-butylaluminum, tri-2-methylbutylaluminum,        tri-3-methylbutylaluminum, tri-2-methylpentylaluminum,        tri-3-methylpentylaluminum, tri-4-methylpentylaluminum,        tri-2-methylhexylaluminum, tri-3-methylhexylaluminum and        tri-2-ethylhexylaluminum;    -   tricycloalkylaluminums, such as tricyclohexylaluminum and        tricyclooctylaluminum;    -   triarylaluminums, such as triphenylaluminum and        tritolylaluminum;    -   dialkylaluminum hydrides, such as diisopropylaluminum hydride        and diisobutylaluminum hydride;    -   alkenylaluminums represented by the formula        (i-C₄H₉)_(x)Al_(y)(CSH₁₀)_(z) (wherein x, y and z are each a        positive number, and z≧2x) or the like, such as        isoprenylaluminum;    -   alkylaluminum alkoxides, such as isobutylaluminum methoxide,        isobutylaluminum ethoxide and isobutylaluminum isopropoxide;    -   dialkylaluminum alkoxides, such as dimethylaluminum methoxide,        diethylaluminum ethoxide and dibutylaluminum butoxide;    -   alkylaluminum sesquialkoxides, such as ethylaluminum        sesquiethoxide and butylaluminum sesquibutoxide;    -   partially alkoxylated alkylaluminums having an average        composition, which are represented by R^(a)2.5Al(OR^(b))_(0.5)        or the like;    -   alkylaluminum aryloxides, such as diethylaluminum phenoxide,        diethylaluminum(2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide),        ethylaluminumbis(2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide),        diisobutylalumium(2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide) and        isobutylaluminumbis(2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenoxide);    -   dialkylaluminum halides, such as dimethylaluminum chloride,        diethylaluminum chloride, dibutylaluminum chloride,        diethylaluminum bromide and diisobutylaluminum chloride;    -   alkylaluminum sesquihalides, such as ethylaluminum        sesquichloride, butylaluminum sesquichloride and ethylaluminum        sesquibromide,    -   partially halogenated alkylaluminums, e.g., alkylaluminum        dihalides, such as ethylaluminum dichloride, propylaluminum        dichloride and butylaluminum dibromide;    -   dialkylaluminum hydrides, such as diethylaluminum hydride and        dibutylaluminum hydride;    -   partially hydrogenated alkylaluminums, e.g., alkylaluminum        dihydrides, such as ethylaluminum dihydride and propylaluminum        dihydride; and    -   partially alkoxylated and halogenated alkylaluminums, such as        ethylaluminum ethoxychloride, butylaluminum butoxychloride and        ethylaluminum ethoxybromide.

Also employable are compounds analogous to the organoaluminum compound(B-1a). For example, there can be mentioned organoaluminum compoundswherein two or more aluminum compounds are combined through a nitrogenatom, such as (C₂H₅)₂AlN(C₂H₅)Al(C₂H₅)₂.

Examples of the compounds (B-1b) include LiAl(C₂H₅)₄ and LiAl(C₇H₁₅)₄.

Other compounds, such as methyllithium, ethyllithium, propyllithium,butyllithium, methylmagnesium bromide, methylmagnesium chloride,ethylmagnesium bromide, ethylmagnesium chloride, propylmagnesiumbromide, propylmagnesium chloride, butylmagnesium bromide,butylmagnesium chloride, dimethylmagnesium, diethylmagnesium,dibutylmagnesium and butylethylmagnesium, are also employable as theorganometallic compounds (B-1).

Combinations of compounds capable of forming the above-mentionedorganoaluminum compounds in the polymerization system, e.g., acombination of halogenated aluminum and alkyllithium and a combinationof halogenated aluminum and alkylmagnesium, are also employable.

Of the organometallic compounds (B-1), the organoaluminum compounds arepreferable.

The organometallic compounds (B-1) mentioned above are used singly or incombination of two or more kinds.

(B-2) Organoaluminum Oxy-Compound

The organoaluminum oxy-compound (B-2) used in the present invention maybe conventional aluminoxane or such a benzene-insoluble organoaluminumoxy-compound as exemplified in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.78687/1990.

The conventional aluminoxane can be prepared by, for example, thefollowing processes, and is generally obtained as a hydrocarbon solventsolution.

(1) An organoaluminum compound such as trialkylaluminum is added to ahydrocarbon medium suspension of a compound containing adsorption wateror a salt containing water of crystallization, e.g., magnesium chloridehydrate, copper sulfate hydrate, aluminum sulfate hydrate, nickelsulfate hydrate or cerous chloride hydrate, to allow the organoaluminumcompound to react with the adsorption water or the water ofcrystallization.

(2) Water, ice or water vapor is allowed to directly act on anorganoaluminum compound such as trialkylaluminum in a medium such asbenzene, toluene, ethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran.

(3) An organotin oxide such as dimethyltin oxide or dibutyltin oxide isallowed to react with an organoaluminum compound such astrialkylaluminum in a medium such as decane, benzene or toluene.

The aluminoxane may contain a small amount of an organometalliccomponent. Further, it is possible that the solvent or the unreactedorganoaluminum compound is distilled off from the recovered solution ofaluminoxane and the remainder is redissolved in a solvent or suspendedin a poor solvent for aluminoxane.

Examples of the organoaluminum compounds used for preparing thealuminoxane include the same organoaluminum compounds as previouslyexemplified with respect to the organoaluminum compound (B-1a). Ofthese, preferable are trialkylaluminums and tricycloalkylaluminums.Particularly preferable is trimethylaluminum.

The organoaluminum compounds are used singly or in combination of two ormore kinds.

An aluminoxane prepared from the trimethylaluminum is referred asmethylaluminoxane or MAO, and is the commonly used compound.

Examples of the solvents used for preparing the aluminoxane includearomatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene, toluene, xylene, cumene andcymene; aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as pentane, hexane, heptane,octane, decane, dodecane, hexadecane and octadecane; alicyclichydrocarbons, such as cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclooctane andmethylcyclopentane; petroleum fractions, such as gasoline, kerosine andgas oil; and halogenated products of these aromatic, aliphatic andalicyclic hydrocarbons, particularly chlorinated or brominated productsthereof. Also employable are ethers such as ethyl ether andtetrahydrofuran. Of the solvents, particularly preferable are aromatichydrocarbons and aliphatic hydrocarbons.

The benzene-insoluble organoaluminum oxy-compound used in the presentinvention is preferably one containing an Al component that is solublein benzene at 60° C. in an amount of usually not more than 10%,preferably not more than 5%, particularly preferably not more than 2%,in terms of Al atom. That is, the benzene-insoluble organoaluminumoxy-compound is preferably insoluble or sparingly soluble in benzene.

The organoaluminum oxy-compound used in the present invention is, forexample, an organoaluminum oxy-compound containing boron, which isrepresented by the following formula (i):R^(d) ₂AlOB (R^(c))OAlR^(d) ₂   (i)wherein R^(c) is a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and eachR^(d) may be the same or different and is a hydrogen atom, a halogenatom or a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

The organoaluminum oxy-compound containing boron, which is representedby the formula (i), can be prepared by allowing an alkylboronic acidrepresented by the following formula (ii) to react with anorganoaluminum compound in an inert solvent at a temperature of −80° C.to room temperature for 1 minute to 24 hours under an inert gasatmosphere.R^(c)B(OH)₂   (ii)wherein R^(c) is the same group as described above.

Examples of the alkylboronic acids represented by the formula (ii)include methylboronic acid, ethylboronic acid, isopropylboronic acid,n-propylbornic acid, n-butylboronic acid, isobutylboronic acid,n-hexylboronic acid, cyclohexylboronic acid, phenylboronic acid,3,5-difluoroboronic acid, pentafluorophenylboronic acid and3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic acid. Of these, preferable aremethylboronic acid, n-butylboronic acid, isobutylboronic acid,3,5-difluorophenylboronic acid and pentafluorophenylboronic acid.

These alkylboronic acids are used singly or in combination of two ormore kinds.

Examples of the organoaluminum compounds to be reacted with thealkylboronic acid include the same organoaluminum compounds aspreviously exemplified with respect to the organoaluminum compound(B-1).

Of these, preferable are trialkylaluminums and tricycloalkylaluminums.Particularly preferable are trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum andtriisobutylaluminum. These organoaluminum compounds are used singly orin combination of two or more kinds.

The organoaluminum oxy-compounds (B-2) mentioned above are used singlyor in combination of two or more kinds.

(B-3) Compound which Reacts with the Metallocene Compound (A) to formIon Pair

The compound (B-3) which reacts with the metallocene compound (A) toform an ion pair (referred to as an “ionizing ionic compound”hereinafter) includes Lewis acid, an ionic compound, a borane compoundand a carborane compound described in Japanese Patent Laid-OpenPublications No. 501950/1989, No. 502036/1989, No. 179005/1991, No.179006/1991, No. 207703/1991 and No. 207704/1991, U.S. Pat. No.5,321,106, etc.

The Lewis acid includes a compound represented by BR³ (R is fluorine ora phenyl group which may have a substituent group such as fluorine,methyl or trifluoromethyl). Examples of such compounds includetrifluoroboron, triphenylboron, tris(4-fluorophenyl)boron,tris(3,5-difluorophenyl)boron, tris(4-fluoromethylphenyl)boron,tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, tris(p-tolyl)boron, tris(o-tolyl)boron andtris(3,5-dimethylphenyl)boron.

The ionizing ionic compound includes, for example, a compoundrepresented by the following formula (iii).

In the above formula, R^(e) is H⁺, carbenium cation, oxonium cation,ammonium cation, phosphonium cation, cycloheptyltrienyl cation,ferrocenium cation having a transition metal, or the like.

-   -   R^(f) to R^(i) may be the same or different and are each an        organic group, preferably an aryl group or a substituted aryl        group.

Examples of the carbenium cations include tri-substituted carbeniumcations, such as triphenylcarbenium cation, tris(methylphenyl)carbeniumcation and tris(dimethylphenyl)carbenium cation.

Examples of the ammonium cations include trialkylammonium cations, suchas trimethylammonium cation, triethylammonium cation,tri(n-propyl)ammonium cation, tri(isopropyl)ammonium cation,tri(n-butyl)ammonium cation and triisobutylammonium cation;N,N-dialkylanilinium cations, such as N,N-dimethylanilinium cation,N,N-diethylanilinium cation and N,N-2,4,6-pentamethylanilinium-cation;and dialkylammonium cations, such as di(isopropyl)ammonium cation anddicyclohexylammonium cation.

Examples of the phosphonium cations include triarylphosphonium cations,such as triphenylphosphonium cation, tris(methylphenyl)phosphoniumcation and tris(dimethylphenyl)phosphonium cation.

R^(e) is preferably carbenium cation, ammonium cation or the like,particularly preferably triphenylcarbenium cation, N,N-dimethylaniliniumcation or N,N-diethylanilinium cation.

Examples of the carbenium salts includetriphenylcarbeniumtetraphenylborate,triphenylcarbeniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,triphenylcarbeniumtetrakis(3,5-ditrifluoromethylphenyl)borate,tris(4-methylphenyl)carbeniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borat e, andtris(3,5-dimethylphenyl)carbeniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate.

Examples of the ammonium salts include a trialkyl-substituted ammoniumsalt, a N,N-dialkylanilinium salt, a dialkylammonium salt or atriarylphosphonium salt.

Examples of the trialkyl-substituted ammonium salts includetriethylammoniumtetraphenylborate, tripropylammoniumtetraphenylborate,tri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetraphenylborate,trimethylammoniumtetrakis(p-tolyl)borate,trimethylammoniumtetrakis(o-tolyl)borate,tri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,triethylammoniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,tripropylammoniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,tripropylammoniumtetrakis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)borate,tri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetrakis(3,5-dimethylphenyl)borate,tri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetrakis(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)borate,tri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetrakis(3,5-ditrifluoromethylphenyl)borate andtri(n-butyl)ammoniumtetrakis(o-tolyl)borate.

Examples of the N,N-dialkylanilinium salts includeN,N-dimethylaniliniumtetraphenylborate,N,N-dimethylaniliniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,N,N-dimethylaniliniumtetrakis(3,5-ditrifluoromethylphenyl)borate,N,N-diethylaniliniumtetraphenylborateN,N-diethylaniliniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, N,N-diethylaniliniumtetrakis(3,5-ditrifluoromethylphenyl)borate,N,N-2,4,6-pentamethylaniliniumtetraphenylborate andN,N-2,4,6-pentamethylaniliniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate.

Examples of the dialkylammonium salts includedi(1-propyl)ammoniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate anddicyclohexylammoniumtetraphenylborate.

Further employable are ferroceniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,triphenylcarbeniumpentaphenylcyclopentadienyl complex,N,N-diethylaniliniumpentaphenylcyclopentadienyl complex or a boratecompound represented by the following formula (iv) or (v).

wherein Et is an ethyl group.

Examples of the borane compounds include:

-   -   decaborane(14);    -   salts of anions, such as bis(tri (n-butyl)ammonium)nonaborate,        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)decaborate,        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)undecaborate,        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)dodecaborate,        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)decachlorodecaborate and        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)dodecachlorododecaborate; and    -   salts of metallic borane anions, such as        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(dodecahydridododecaborate)cobaltate(III)        and        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)bis-(dodecahydridododecaborate)nickelate(III).

Examples of the carborane compounds include:

-   -   salts of anions, such as 4-carbanonaborane(14),        1,3-dicarbanonaborane(13), 6,9-dicarbadecaborane(14),        dodecahydrido-1-phenyl-1,3-dicarbanonaborane,        dodecahydrido-1-methyl-1,3-dicarbanonaborane,        undecahydrido-1,3-dimethyl-1,3-dicarbanonaborane,        7,8-dicarbaundecaborane(13), 2,7-dicarbaundecaborane(13),        undecahydrido-7,8-dimethyl-7,8-dicarbaundecaborane,        dodecahydrido-11-methyl-2,7-dicarbaundecaborane,        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-1-carbadecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-1-carbaundecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-1-carbadodecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-1-trimethylsilyl-1-carbadecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbromo-1-carbadodecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-6-carbadecaborate(14),        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-6-carbadecaborate(12),        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-7-carbaundecaborate(13),        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate(12),        tri(n-butyl)ammonium-2,9-dicarbaundecaborate(12),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumdodecahydrido-8-methyl-7,9-dicarbaundecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumundecahydrido-8-ethyl-7,9-dicarbaundecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumundecahydrido-8-butyl-7,9-dicarbaundecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumundecahydrido-8-allyl-7,9-dicarbaundecaborate,        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumundecahydrido-9-trimethylsilyl-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate        and        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumundecahydrido-4,6-dibromo-7-carbaundecaborate;        and    -   salts of metallic carborane anions, such as        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(nonahydrido-1,3-dicarbanonaborate)cobaltate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(undecahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)ferrate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(undecahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)cobaltate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(undecahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)nickelate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(undecahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)cuprate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(undecahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)aurate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(nonahydrido-7,8-dimethyl-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)ferrate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(nonahydrido-7,8-dimethyl-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)chromate(III),        tri(n-butyl)ammoniumbis(tribromooctahydrido-7,8-dicarbaundecaborate)cobaltate(III),        tris(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)bis(undecahydrido-7-carbaundecaborate)chromate(III),        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)bis(undecahydrido-7-carbaundecaborate)manganate(IV),        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)bis(undecahydrido-7-carbaundecaborate)cobaltate(III)        and        bis(tri(n-butyl)ammonium)bis(undecahydrido-7-carbaundecaborate)nickelate(IV).

The ionizing ionic compounds (B-3) mentioned above are used singly or incombination of two or more kinds.

(C) Particle Carrier

The particle carrier (C) that is optionally used in the invention is aninorganic or organic compound of granular or particulate solid having aparticle diameter of 5 to 300 μm; preferably 10 to 200 μm. As theinorganic compound, a porous oxide or chloride is preferable, andexamples thereof include SiO₂, Al₂O₃, MgCl₂, MgO, ZrO, TiO₂, B₂O₃, CaO,ZnO, BaO, ThO₂, and mixtures containing them, such as SiO₂—MgO,SiO₂—Al₂O₃, SiO₂—TiO₂, SiO₂—V₂O₅, SiO₂—Cr₂O₃, SiO₂—MgCl₂, MgO—MgCl₂ andSiO₂—TiO₂—MgO. Of these, preferable are those containing at least onecomponent selected from the group consisting of SiO₂ and Al₂O₃.

In the inorganic oxides, small amounts of carbonate, sulfate, nitrateand oxide components, such as Na₂CO₃, K₂CO₃, CaCO₃, MgCO₃, Na₂SO₄,Al₂(SO₄)₃, BaSO₄, KNO₃, Mg(NO₃)₂, Al(NO₃)₃, Na₂O, K₂O and Li₂O, may becontained.

As the particle carrier, an ion-exchangeable layered silicate is alsoemployable. When the ion-exchangeable layered silicate is used, thesilicate functions as a carrier, and additionally, the amount of theorganoaluminum oxy-compound used such as alkylaluminoxane can bedecreased by utilizing the ion-exchange properties and layered structureof the silicate. Although the ion-exchangeable layered silicatenaturally occurs as a main component of a clay mineral, not only anatural one but also a synthetic one is employable. Examples of theion-exchangeable layered silicates include kaolinite, montmorillonite,hectorite, bentonite, smectite, vermiculite, synthetic mica andsynthetic hectorite.

Although the properties of the particle carrier varies depending uponthe type and the preparation process, the specific surface area isdesired to be in the range of 50 to 1000 m²/g, preferably 100 to 800m²/g, and the pore volume is desired to be in the range of 0.3 to 3.0cm³/g. The carrier is used after calcined at 80 to 1000° C., preferably100 to 800° C., when needed.

The particle carrier (C) employable in the invention may be an organiccompound of granular or particulate solid having a particle diameter of5 to 300 μm. Examples of the organic compounds include polymers orcopolymers produced using as a main component an α-olefin of 2 to 14carbon atoms, such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene or4-methyl-1-pentene; polymers or copolymers produced using as a maincomponent vinylcyclohexane or styrene; and polar functionalgroup-containing polymers obtained by copolymerizing or graftpolymerizing these polymers with polar monomers such as acrylic acid,acrylic ester and maleic anhydride.

In the polymerization process, the catalyst components can be used inany way and in any order. For example, the following processes areavailable.

(1) The metallocene compound (A) and at least one compound (B) selectedfrom the organometallic compound (B-1), the organoaluminum oxy-compound(B-2) and the ionizing ionic compound (B-3) (referred to as a “component(B)” simply hereinafter) are fed to the polymerization reactor in anarbitrary order.

(2) A catalyst obtained by previously contacting the metallocenecompound (A) with the component (B) is fed to the polymerizationreactor.

(3) A catalyst component obtained-by previously contacting themetallocene compound (A) with the component (B) and the component (B)are fed to the polymerization reactor in an arbitrary order. In thiscase, the components (B) may be the same or different.

(4) A catalyst component wherein the metallocene compound (A) issupported on the particle carrier (C), and the component (B) are fed tothe polymerization reactor in an arbitrary order.

(5) A catalyst wherein the metallocene compound (A) and the component(B) are supported on the particle carrier (C) is fed to thepolymerization reactor.

(6) A catalyst component wherein the metallocene compound (A) and thecomponent (B) are supported on the particle carrier (C) and thecomponent (B) are fed to the polymerization reactor in an arbitraryorder. In this case, the components (B) may be the same or different.

(7) A catalyst component wherein the component (B) is supported on theparticle carrier (C), and the metallocene compound (A) are added to thepolymerization reactor in an arbitrary order.

(8) A catalyst component wherein the component (B) is supported on theparticle carrier (C), the metallocene compound (A) and the component (B)are added to the polymerization reactor in an arbitrary order. In thiscase, the components (B) may be the same or different.

(9) A catalyst component obtained by previously contacting a catalystwherein the metallocene compound (A) and the component (B) are supportedon the particle carrier (C) with the component (B) is added to thepolymerization reactor. In this case, the components (B) may be the sameor different.

(10) A catalyst component obtained by previously contacting a catalystwherein the metallocene compound (A) and the component (B) are supportedon the particle carrier (C) with the component (B), and the component(B) are added to the polymerization reactor in an arbitrary order. Inthis case, the components (B) may be the same or different.

Onto the solid catalyst component wherein the metallocene compound (A)and the component (B) are supported on the particle carrier (C), anolefin may be prepolymerized. In the solid catalyst component thusprepolymerized, a polyolefin produced as a prepolymer is contained in anamount of usually 0.1 to 1000 g, preferably 0.3 to 500 g, particularlypreferably 1 to 200 g, based on 1 g of the solid catalyst component.

For the purpose of smoothly promoting the polymerization, an antistaticagent, an antifouling agent and the like may be used in combination ormay be supported on the particle carrier.

Process for Preparing Polyolefin

In the process for preparing a polyolefin using the olefinpolymerization catalyst according to the invention, the polymerizationcan be carried out as any of liquid phase polymerization such assolution polymerization or suspension polymerization and gas phasepolymerization.

Examples of inert hydrocarbon solvents used in the liquid phasepolymerization include aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as propane, butane,pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, decane, dodecane and kerosine;alicyclic hydrocarbons, such as cyclopentane, cyclohexane andmethylcyclopentane; aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene, toluene andxylene; halogenated hydrocarbons, such as ethylene chloride,chlorobenzene and dichloromethane; and mixtures thereof. The α-olefinused for the polymerization may be per se used as a solvent.

In the polymerization, the component (A) is used in an amount of usually10⁻⁸ to 10⁻² mol, preferably 10⁻⁷ to 10⁻³ mol, based on 1 liter of thepolymerization volume.

The component (B-1) is used in such an amount that the molar ratio((B-1)/(M)) of the component (B-1) to the transition metal atom (M) inthe component (A) becomes usually 0.01 to 5000, preferably 0.05 to 2000.The component (B-2) is used in such an amount that the molar ratio((B-2)/(M)) of the aluminum atom in the component (B-2) to thetransition metal atom (M) in the component (A) becomes usually 10 to5000, preferably 20 to 2000. The component (B-3) is used in such anamount that the molar ratio ((B-3)/(M)) of the component (B-3) to thetransition metal atom (M) in the component (A) becomes usually 1 to 10,preferably 1 to 5.

The temperature of polymerization of olefin using the olefinpolymerization catalyst is in the range of usually −50 to +200° C.,preferably 0 to 170° C. The polymerization pressure is in the range ofusually atmospheric pressure to 10 MPa (gage-pressure), preferablyatmospheric pressure to 5 MPa (gage-pressure). The polymerizationreaction can be carried out by any of batchwise, semi-continuous andcontinuous processes. It is possible to conduct the polymerization intwo or more stages under different reaction conditions.

In the polymerization, the molecular weight of the resulting polymer orpolymerization activity can be regulated by adding hydrogen in amount ofabout 0.01 to 100 NL based on 1 kg of the olefin.

In the present invention, as olefins used in the polymerization reactionpreferable are those of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, particularly α-olefins of2 to 10 carbon atoms. Example of the olefins include ethylene,propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 3-methyl-1-butene,3-methyl-1-pentene, 3-ethyl-1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-pentene,4-methyl-1-hexene, 4,4-dimethyl-1-hexene, 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene,4-ethyl-1-hexene, 3-ethyl-1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene,1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene, 1-eicosene, vinylcyclohexaneand styrene.

Further examples include dienes of 4 to 20 carbon atoms such asbutadiene, 1,4-pentadiene, 1,5-hexadiene and 1,4-hexadiene,cyclicolefins such as dicyclopentadiene, norbornene, methylnorbornene,tetracyclododecene and methyltetracyclododecene and silicon-containingolefins such as allyltrimethylsilane and vinyltrimethylsilane.

Of the olefin polymerization catalysts according to the invention, thecatalyst containing the metallocene compound represented by the formula(1) or (2) is favorably used for copolymerization of at least 2 kinds ofolefins.

At least one of the olefins used is preferably an α-olefin of 4 or lesscarbon atoms.

The copolymerization of two or more olefins using the olefinpolymerization catalyst of the invention has advantages such as highpolymerization activity and good copolymerizability and is characterizedin that a copolymer of desired properties can be obtained.

An example of the copolymer obtained from two or more olefins is acopolymer comprising recurring units (U₁) derived from one α-olefinselected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amounts of 50 to 99.9%by mol and recurring units (U₂) other than the recurring units (U₁),said recurring units (U₂) being derived from at least one α-olefinselected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, in amounts of 50 to0.1% by mol.

Examples of the α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms include propylene,1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 3-methyl-1-butene, 3-methyl-1-pentene,3-ethyl-1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-hexene,4,4-dimethyl-1-hexene, 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene, 4-ethyl-1-hexene,3-ethyl-1-hexene and 1-octene. Examples of the α-olefins of 2 to 20carbon atoms include the same ones as described above.

Such a copolymer is, for example, a copolymer comprising propylene unitsin amounts of 50 to 99.5% by mol and units of an α-olefin of 2 to 20carbon atoms other than propylene in amounts of 50 to 0.5% by mol.

The random copolymer comprising propylene units in amounts of 95 to99.5% by mol and units of an α-olefin of 2 to 20 carbon atoms other thanpropylene in amounts of 5 to 0.5% by mol preferably has the followingproperties: the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrummeasurement is not less than 80%, preferably not less than 85%; theproportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertion are eachnot more than 0.2%, preferably not more than 0.1%; the MFR is in therange of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min, preferably 0.01 to 500 g/10 min; themolecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as calculated from molecularweights (Mw: weight-average molecular weight, Mn: number-averagemolecular weight) measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is inthe range of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5, more preferably 1 to 2.3; andthe quantity of a decane-soluble component (after the polymer is treatedwith n-decane at 150° C. for 2 hours and cooled to room temperature, theamount (weight %) of the polymer dissolved in the n-decane is measured)is not more than 2% by weight, preferably not more than 1% by weight.

Of the olefin polymerization catalysts according to the invention, thecatalyst containing the metallocene compound represented by the formula(1a) or (2a) is favorably used for homopolymerization of an olefin.

The homopolymerization of an α-olefin of 3 or more carbon atoms usingthe olefin polymerization catalyst of the invention is characterized inthat an olefin polymer having high stereoregularity can be obtained andthe polymer usually has high isotacticity.

The homopolymer of an α-olefin of 3 or more carbon atoms, particularlypolypropylene, preferably has the following properties: the pentadisotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum measurement is not lessthan 85%, preferably not less than 90%, more preferably not less than95%; the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertionare each not more than 0.2%, preferably not more than 0.1%, morepreferably not more than 0.05%; the melting point (Tm) as measured bydifferential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is not lower than 140° C.,preferably not lower than 150° C., more preferably not lower than 153°C.; the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min, preferably 0.01 to500 g/10 min; the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as calculatedfrom molecular weights measured by GPC is in the range of 1 to 3,preferably 1 to 2.5, more preferably 1 to 2.3; and the quantity of adecane-soluble component is not more than 2% by weight, preferably notmore than 1% by weight, more preferably not more than 0.5% by weight.

Of the olefin polymerization catalysts according to the invention, thecatalyst containing the metallocene compound represented by the formula(1b) or (2b) is favorably used for homopolymerization of an olefin orcopolymerization of at least two kinds of olefins.

Of the polymers obtained by the use of such a catalyst, a homopolymer ofan α-olefin of 3 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly polypropylene,preferably has the following properties: the pentad isotacticity asdetermined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum measurement is not less than 85%,preferably not less than 90%, more preferably not less than 95%; theproportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertion are eachnot more than 0.2%, preferably not more than 0.1%, more preferably notmore than 0.05%; the melting point (Tm) as measured by DSC is not lowerthan 140° C., preferably not lower than 150° C., more preferably notlower than 153° C.; the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min,preferably 0.01 to 500 g/10 min; the molecular weight distribution(Mw/Mn) as calculated from molecular weights measured by GPC is in therange of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5, more preferably 1 to 2.3; and thequantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than 2% by weight,preferably not more than 1% by weight, more preferably not more than0.5% by weight.

An example of the copolymer obtained from two or more olefins using thecatalyst containing the metallocene compound represented by the formula(1b) or (2b) is a copolymer comprising recurring units (U₁) derived fromone α-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amountsof 50 to 99.9% by mol and recurring units (U₂) other than the recurringunits (U₁), said recurring units (U₂) being derived from at least oneα-olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, in amounts of50 to 0.1% by mol.

Such a copolymer is, for example, a copolymer comprising propylene unitsin amounts of 50 to 99.5% by mol and units of an α-olefin other thanpropylene in amounts of 50 to 0.5% by mol.

The copolymer comprising propylene units in amounts of 95 to 99.5% bymol and units of an α-olefin of 2 to 20 carbon atoms other thanpropylene in amounts of 5 to 0.5% by mol preferably has the followingproperties: the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrummeasurement is not less than 80%, preferably not less than 85%; theproportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertion are eachnot more than 0.2%, preferably not more than 0.1%; the MFR is in therange of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min, preferably 0.01 to 500 g/10 min; themolecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as calculated from molecularweights measured by GPC is in the range of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5,more preferably 1 to 2.3; and the quantity of a decane-soluble componentis not more than 2% by weight, preferably not more than 1% by weight.

Polyolefin

The polyolefin according to the invention is a polyolefin comprisingrecurring units (U₁) derived from one α-olefin selected from α-olefinsof 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amounts of 50 to 100% by mol, preferably 65 to100% by mol, more preferably 80 to 100% by mol, and recurring units (U₂)other than the recurring units (U₁), said recurring units (U₂) beingderived from at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20carbon atoms, in amounts of 50 to 0% by mol, preferably 35 to 0% by mol,more preferably 20 to 0% by mol.

Examples of the α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and the α-olefins of 2to 20 carbon atoms include the same ones as previously described.

This polyolefin satisfies the following requisites (i) to (iii):

-   -   (i) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%, preferably not more        than 0.1%,    -   (ii) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        (GPC) is in the range of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5, more        preferably 1 to 2.3, and    -   (iii) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more        than 2% by weight, preferably not more than 1% by weight.

The polyolefin preferably comprises recurring units derived frompropylene in amounts of 50 to 99.5% by mol, preferably 65 to 99.5% bymol, more preferably 80 to 99.5% by mol, and recurring units derivedfrom at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atomsother than propylene in amounts of 50 to 0.5% by mol, preferably 35 to0.5% by mol, more preferably 20 to 0.5% by mol.

Such a polyolefin of the invention has excellent elastic modulus, impactresistance and transparency.

Another embodiment of the polyolefin of the invention is a homopolymerof one α-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms.

Examples of the α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms include the same onesas previously described.

This polyolefin satisfies the following requisites (i) to (vi):

-   -   (i) the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum        measurement is not less than 85%, preferably not less than 90%,        more preferably not less than 95%,    -   (ii) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%, preferably not more        than 0.1%, more preferably not more than 0.05%,    -   (iii) the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min,        preferably 0.01 to 500 g/10 min, more preferably 0.02 to 400        g/10 min,    -   (iv) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        GPC is in the range of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5, more        preferably 1 to 2.3,    -   (v) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than        2% by weight, preferably not more than 1% by weight, more        preferably not more than 0.5% by weight, and    -   (vi) the melting point (Tm) as measured by DSC is not lower than        140° C., preferably not lower than 150° C., more preferably not        lower than 153° C.

The polyolefin is preferably a homopolymer of propylene.

Such a polyolefin of the invention has excellent elastic modulus, impactresistance and transparency.

A further embodiment of the polyolefin of the invention is a polyolefincomprising recurring units (U₁) derived from one α-olefin selected fromα-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amounts of 95 to 99.5% by mol,preferably 95 to 99% by mol, more preferably 95 to 98% by mol, andrecurring units (U₂) other than the recurring units (U₁), said recurringunits (U₂) being derived from at least one olefin selected fromα-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, in amounts of 5 to 0.05% by mol,preferably 5 to 1% by mol, more preferably 5 to 2% by mol.

Examples of the α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and the α-olefins of 2to 20 carbon atoms include the same ones as previously described.

This polyolefin satisfies the following requisites (i) to (vi):

-   -   (i) the pentad isotacticity as determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrum        measurement is not less than 80%, preferably not less than 85%,    -   (ii) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and the proportion of        1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%, preferably not more        than 0.1%,    -   (iii) the MFR is in the range of 0.01 to 100b g/10 min,        preferably 0.01 to 500 g/10 min, more preferably 0.02 to 400        g/10 min,    -   (iv) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by        GPC is in the range of 1 to 3, preferably 1 to 2.5, more        preferably 1 to 2.3,    -   (v) the quantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than        2% by weight, preferably not more than 1% by weight, more        preferably not more than 0.5% by weight, and    -   (vi) the melting point (Tm) as measured by a differential        scanning calorimeter is not higher than 145° C., preferably not        higher than 140° C.

The polyolefin preferably comprises recurring units derived frompropylene in amounts of 95 to 99.5% by mol, preferably 95 to 99% by mol,more preferably 95 to 98% by mol, and recurring units derived from atleast one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms otherthan propylene in amounts of 5 to 0.5% by mol, preferably 5 to 1% bymol, more preferably 5 to 2% by mol.

Such a polyolefin of the invention has excellent elastic modulus, impactresistance and transparency.

The polyolefin of the invention mentioned above can be prepared bypolymerizing or copolymerizing the corresponding olefin under theabove-mentioned conditions using the olefin polymerization catalystcontaining the metallocene compound represented by the formula (1), (2),(1a), (2a), (1b) or (2b).

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION

The metallocene compound represented by the formula (1) or (2) accordingto the invention and the olefin polymerization catalyst containing thismetallocene compound have excellent olefin polymerization activity andare of industrially great value. The olefin copolymer obtained by theuse of the catalyst, particularly a propylene random copolymer, hasexcellent elastic modulus, impact resistance and transparency.

The metallocene compound represented by the formula (1a) or (2a)according to the invention and the olefin polymerization catalystcontaining this metallocene compound have excellent olefinpolymerization activity and are of industrially great value. Thepoly-α-olefin obtained by the use of the catalyst, particularlypolypropylene, has excellent elastic modulus, impact resistance andtransparency.

The metallocene compound represented by the formula (1b) or (2b)according to the invention and the olefin polymerization catalystcontaining this metallocene compound have excellent olefinpolymerization activity and are of industrially great value. Thepoly-α-olefin obtained by the use of the catalyst, particularlypolypropylene, has excellent elastic modulus, impact resistance andtransparency. The olefin copolymer obtained by the use of the catalyst,particularly a propylene random copolymer, has excellent elasticmodulus, impact resistance and transparency.

The process for preparing a metallocene compound according to theinvention is excellent as a process for selectively preparing ametallocene compound having a desirable specific structure, and is ofindustrially great value.

The polyolefin according to the invention has excellent elastic modulus,impact resistance and transparency.

The polyolefin according to the invention can be favorably used fornonwoven fabrics, films, sealants, industrial materials, transparentinjection, block polymers, alloys, modifiers, etc., and can be broadlyused specifically for hygienic materials, civil engineering materials,automobile parts, electrical appliances, food containers, packagingmaterials, miscellaneous goods, etc.

EXAMPLE

The present invention is further described with reference to thefollowing examples, but it should be construed that the invention is inno way limited to those examples.

In the present invention, the melting point (Tm) of a polymer wasdetermined as follows. Through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC),a polymer sample kept at 240° C. for 10 minutes was cooled to 30° C.,kept for 5 minutes and then heated at a rate of 10° C./min to obtain acrystal melting peak, from which the.,melting point was calculated.

The molecular weight (Mw, Mn) was measured by GPC (gel permeationchromatography).

The quantity of a decane-soluble component was determined as follows. Apolymer was treated with n-decene at 150° C. for 2 hours and then cooledto room temperature, and the quantity of the polymer (% by weight)dissolved in n-decane was measured.

The stereoregularity (pentad isotacticity (mmmm), 2,1-insertion,1,3-insertion) of a polymer was determined from ¹³C-NMR spectrummeasurement.

The intrinsic viscosity (η) was measured in decalin at 135° C.

The MFR was measured after heating of a polymer at 230° C. for 6minutes.

Example 1 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 1-tert-butyl-3-methylcyclopentadiene

To a solution obtained by adding 350 ml of dehydrated diethyl ether to450 ml (0.90 mol) of a tert-butylmagnesium chloride/diethyl ethersolution (concentration: 2.0 mol/liter), a solution of 43.7 g (0.45mmol) of 3-methylcyclopentenone in 150 ml of dehydrated diethyl etherwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C. with ice cooling,followed by stirring at room temperature for 15 hours. To the reactionsolution, a solution of 80.0 g (1.50 mol) of ammonium chloride in 350 mlof water was dropwise added at 0° C. with ice cooling. To the resultingsolution, 2500 ml of water was added, followed by stirring. Then, theorganic phase was separated and washed with water. To the organic phase,82 ml of a 10% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution was added at 0° C.with ice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 6 hours.The organic phase was separated from the reaction solution, washed withwater, a saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution, water anda saturated saline solution, and then dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate. The drying agent was filtered, and from the filtrate thesolvent was distilled off to obtain a liquid. The liquid was subjectedto vacuum distillation (45-47° C./10 mmHg) to obtain 14.6 g of a lightyellow liquid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, based on TMS): δ 6.31+6.13+5.94+5.87(s+s+t+d, 2H), 3.04+2.95 (s+s, 2H), 2.17+2.09 (s+s, 3H), 1.27 (d, 9H)

(2) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-1,6,6-trimethylfulvene

To a solution of 13.0 g (95.6 mmol) of1-tert-butyl-3-methylcyclopentadiene in 130 ml of dehydrated methanol,55.2 g (950.4 mmol) of dehydrated acetone was dropwise added in anitrogen atmosphere at 0° C. with ice cooling, and 68.0 g (956.1 mmol)of pyrrolidine was further dropwise added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 4 days. After the reaction solution was diluted with 400ml of diethyl ether, 400 ml of water was added. The organic phase wasseparated, washed with a 0.5N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution (150ml×4), water (200 ml×3) and a saturated saline solution (150 ml), andthen dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The drying agent wasfiltered, and from the filtrate the solvent was distilled off to obtaina liquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (70-80° C./0.1mmHg) to obtain 10.5 g of a yellow liquid. The analyzed values are givenbelow.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, based on TMS): δ 6.23 (s, 1H), 6.05 (d, 1H),2.23 (s, 3H), 2.17 (d, 6H), 1.17 (s, 9H)

(3) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-fluorenylpropane

To a solution of 10.1 g (60.8 mmol) of fluorene in 300 ml of THF, 40 ml(61.6 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium was dropwise added ina nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 5 hours (dark brown solution). The solution was icecooled again, and a solution of 11.7 g (66.5 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-1,6,6-trimethylfulvene in 300 ml of THF was dropwise addedin a nitrogen atmosphere. After stirring at room temperature for 14hours, the resulting brown solution was ice cooled, and 200 ml of waterwas added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl ether and separatedwas dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. From the filtrate,the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain an orangy brownoil. The oil was purified by silica gel column chromatography(developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 3.8 g of a yellow oil. Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.70 (d, 4H), 7.34-7.26 (m,6H), 7.18-7.11 (m, 6H), 6.17 (s, 1H), 6.01 (s, 1H), 4.42 (s, 1H), 4.27(s, 1H), 3.01 (s, 2H), 2.87 (s, 2H), 2.17 (s, 3H), 1.99 (s, 3H), 2.10(s, 9H), 1.99 (s, 9H), 1.10 (s, 6H), 1.07 (s, 6H)

(4) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.14 g (3.3 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-fluorenylpropane in 25 ml ofdiethyl ether, 5.0 ml (7.7 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, and themixture was stirred at room temperature for 14 hours to obtain a pinkslurry. To the slurry, 0.77 g (3.3 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride wasadded at −78° C., and the mixture was stirred at −78° C. for severalhours, followed by further stirring at room temperature for 65 hours.The resulting dark brown slurry was filtered. The substance remaining onthe filter was washed with 10 ml of diethyl ether and extracted withdichloroethane to obtain a red solution. From the solution, the solventwas vacuum distilled off to obtain 0.53 g of a reddish orange solid. Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.11-8.02 (m, 3H), 7.82 (d,1H), 7.56-7.45 (m, 2H), 7.23-7.17 (m, 2H), 6.08 (d, 1H), 5.72 (d, 1H),2.59 (s, 3H), 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 1.08 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z =500, 502, 504 (M⁺)

Example 2 Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of3-tert-butyl-5-methyl-6,6-pentamethylenefulvene

To 50 ml of dehydrated methanol, 0.5 g (3.68 mmol) of1-tert-butyl-3-methylcyclopentadiene and 3.81 ml (36.8 mmol) ofcyclohexanone were added, then 3.07 ml (36.8 mmol) of pyrrolidine wasdropwise added at 0° C., and the mixture was reacted at room temperaturefor 7 days. Then, 20 ml of water was added at 0° C. After extractionwith ether, the organic phase was washed with water and successivelydried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Then, the solvent was distilledoff to obtain 1.3 g of a light yellow solid. The analyzed values aregiven below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.26 (s, 1H), 6.10 (s, 1H),2.71 (dd, 2H), 2.61 (dd, 2H), 2.27 (d, 3H), 1.80-1.61 (m, 6H), 1.17 (s,9H)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-1-fluorenylcyclohexane

To a solution of 0.8 g (4.5 mmol) of fluorene in 40 ml of THF , 2.9 ml(4.6 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium was dropwise added ina nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 6 hours. To the resulting red solution, a solution of1.0 g (4.8 mmol) of 3-tert-butyl-5-methyl-6,6-pentamethylenefulvene in15 ml of THF was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling. After stirring at room temperature for 16 hours, 30 ml of waterwas added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl ether and separatedwas dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. From the filtrate,the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain a light yellowliquid. The liquid was passed through a silica gel column using hexaneas an eluent. From the resulting hexane solution, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain 1.3 g of a light yellow solid.The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.64 (d, 2H), 7.34-7.24 (m,4H), 7.16-7.10 (m, 2H), 5.79 (s, 1H), 4.02 (s, 1H), 2.87-2.77 (s+s, 3H),2.26-2.00 (m, 2H), 1.75-1.60 (s+s, 3H), 1.55-1.23 (m, 8H), 1.12 (d, 9H)

(3) Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.3 g (3.3 mmol) of1-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-1-fluorenylcyclohexane in 40ml of THF, 4.8 ml (6.8 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 16 hours. From the reaction mixture,the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain a reddishorange solid. To the solid, 150 ml of dichloromethane was added at −78°C., and they were stirred to give a solution. Then, the solution wasadded to 10 ml of a dichloromethane suspension of 1.1 g (2.9 mmol) ofzirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex having been cooled to −78° C.,and the mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 6 hours, followed by furtherstirring at room temperature for one day and night. From the reactionsolution, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain avermilion solid. The solid was extracted with diethyl ether andsubjected to sellaite filtration. The filtrate was concentrated toprecipitate 18 mg of a reddish brown solid, and the solid was separatedfrom the mother liquor. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.10 (m, 2H), 7.90 (d, 1H),7.76 (d, 1H), 7.56-7.46 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.18 (m, 2H), 6.07 (d, 1H), 5.72(d, 1H), 3.73 (br, 1H), 3.34 (br, 1H), 2.55-2.33 (m, 2H), 2.27 (s, 3H),2.05-1.64 (m, 6H), 1.08 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=540, 542, 544 (M⁺)

Reference Example Synthesis of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene (1) Synthesisof 4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane

A 300 ml two-necked flask was thoroughly purged with nitrogen. In theflask, 38.4 g (289 mmol) of AlCl₃ was placed, and 80 ml of CH₃NO₂ wasadded to give a solution (1). Separately, a 500 ml three-necked flaskequipped with a dropping funnel and a magnetic stirrer was thoroughlypurged with nitrogen. In the flask, 25.6 g (152 mmol) of dipheylmethaneand 43.8 g (199 mmol) of 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol were placed, and80 ml of CH₃NO₂ was added to give a solution. With stirring, thissolution was cooled with an ice bath. To the solution was dropwise addedthe solution (1) over a period of 35 minutes, and the reaction solutionwas stirred at 12° C. for 1 hour. The reaction solution was poured into500 ml of ice water and extracted with 800 ml of hexane. The organicphase was washed with 600 ml of a 5% NaOH aqueous solution and driedover MgSO₄. Then, the MgSO₄ was filtered off, and the solvent wasevaporated to obtain an oil. The oil was cooled to −78° C. toprecipitate a solid. The solid was recovered by filtration, washed with300 ml of EtOH and dried under reduced pressure to obtain4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane (yield: 18.9 g).

(2) Synthesis of 2,2′-diiodo-4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane

In a 200 ml flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, 1.95 g (6.96 mmol)of 4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane, 0.78 g (3.48 mmol) of HIO₄, 1.55 g(6.12 mmol) of I₂ and 0.48 ml of concentrated H₂SO₄ were placed. Then,17.5 ml of acetic acid and 3.75 ml of water were added, and the mixturewas heated to 90° C. with stirring and reacted for 5 hours. The reactionsolution was poured into 50 ml of ice water and extracted with Et₂O. Theorganic phase was washed with 100 ml of a saturated NaHSO₄ aqueoussolution, and then Na₂CO₃ was added. After stirring, the Na₂CO₃ wasfiltered off. The organic phase was washed with 800 ml of water, andMg₂SO₄ was added to dry the organic phase. After the Mg₂SO₄ was filteredoff, the solvent was distilled off to obtain a yellow oil. The oil waspurified by column chromatography to obtain2,2′-diiodo-4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane (yield: 3.21 g).

(3) Synthesis of 3,6-di-t-butylfluorene

In a 50 ml two-necked flask, 3.21 g (6.03 mmol) of2,2′-diiodo-4,4′-di-t-butyldiphenylmethane was placed, and 2.89 g (47.0mmol) of a copper powder was added. The mixture was heated to 230° C.and reacted for 5 hours with stirring. After extraction with acetone,the solvent was distilled off to obtain a reddish brown oil. The oil wassubjected to column chromatography to obtain a light yellow oil. Thefractions containing the unreacted material was. subjected to columnchromatography again to recover the desired product only. The obtainedproduct was recrystallized from methanol to obtain a white solid (yield:1.08 g).

Example 3 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 0.9 g (3.4 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 2.1 ml (3.4 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 6 hours. To the resulting red solution,a solution of 0.6 g (3.5 mmol) of 3-tert-butyl-5,6,6-trimethylfulvene in15 ml of THF was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 12 hours. Then, 30ml of water was added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl etherand separated was dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain asolid. The solid was recrystallized from hot methanol to obtain 1.2 g ofa light yellow solid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.72 (d, 2H), 7.18-7.05 (m,4H), 6.18-5.99 (s+s, 1H), 4.32-4.18 (s+s, 1H), 3.00-2.90 (s+s, 2H),2.13-1.98 (t+s, 3H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.19 (s, 9H), 1.10 (d, 6H)

(2) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.3 g (2.8 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 40 ml of diethyl ether, 3.6 ml (5.8 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 16 hours. From thereaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure toobtain a reddish orange solid. To the solid, 150 ml of dichloromethanewas added at −78° C., and they were stirred to give a solution. Then,the solution was added to a suspension of 1.0 g (2.7 mmol) of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex in 10 ml of dichloromethane having beencooled to −78° C., and the mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 6 hours,followed by further stirring at room temperature for one day and night.From the reaction solution, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure to obtain an orange solid. The solid was extracted with tolueneand subjected to sellaite filtration. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure, and the residue was recrystallized fromdiethyl ether to obtain 0.18 g of an orange solid. The analyzed valuesare given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.98 (dd, 2H), 7.90 (d, 1H),7.69 (d, 1H), 7.32-7.25 (m, 2H), 6.01 (d, 1H), 5.66 (d, 1H), 2.54 (s,3H), 2.36 (s, 3H), 2.28 (s, 1H), 1.43 (d, 18H), 1.08 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=612, 614, 616 (M⁺)

Example 4

Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

(1) Synthesis of1-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butyfluorenyl)cyclohexane

To a solution of 0.81 g (2.91 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40ml of THF, 1.91 ml (3.06 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C., followed bystirring at room temperature for 16 hours. To the resulting solution, asolution of 0.69 g (3.20 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-5-methyl-6,6-pentamethylenefulvene in 30 ml of THF wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C., followed by stirringat room temperature for 16 hours, to perform reaction. After thereaction, 30 ml of water was added. The organic phase was extracted withether and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. From the resultingsolution, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain1.26 g of a yellow solid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.64 (d, 2H), 7.22 (d, 2H),7.15 (d,d, 2H)), 6.10, 5.76 (1H), 3.89 (s, 1H), 2.82-2.58 (2H), 1.70 (s,3H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.09 (s, 9H), 2.26-1.25 (10H)

(2) Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.22 g (2.47 mmol) of1(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexanein 50 ml of THF, 3.39 ml (5.43 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 16 hours. From thereaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure toobtain a reddish orange solid. To the solid, a solution of 0.93 g (2.47mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex in 100 ml ofdichloromethane having been cooled to −78° C. was added. The mixture wasstirred and reacted while the temperature of the mixture was allowed tonaturally rise to room temperature. The resulting red suspension wassubjected to sellaite filtration to remove lithium chloride. Then, tothe orange filtrate was added 10 ml of toluene, and the mixture wasconcentrated until a solid was precipitated, followed by cooling to −20°C. The precipitated solid was recovered and then recrystallized fromtoluene to obtain 27 mg of a red solid. The analyzed values are givenbelow.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.02 (d, 1H), 7.97 (d, 1H),7.76 (d, 1H), 7.62 (d, 1H), 7.33-7.29 (d,d, 2H), 6.01 (d, 1H), 5.66 (d,1H), 3.69 (br,d, 1H), 3.29 (br,d, 1H), 2.25 (s, 3H), 2.54-1.53 (m, 8H),1.44 (s, 9H), 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.07 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=652, 654, 656 (M⁺)

Example 5 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 0.9 g (3.4 mmol) of 2,7-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 2.1 ml (3.4 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 6 hours. To the resulting red solution,a solution of 0.6 g (3.5 mmol) of 3-tert-butyl-5,6,6-trimethylfulvene in15 ml of THF was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 12 hours. Then, 30ml of water was added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl etherand separated was dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain1.1 g of a crude product. The crude product was per se used for the nextreaction without being purified.

(2) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.87 g (1.92 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 50 ml of THF, 2.88 ml (4.60 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 16 hours. From thereaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure toobtain a reddish orange solid. To the solid, a solution of 0.72 g (1.92mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex in 100 ml ofdichloromethane having been cooled to −78° C. was added. The mixture wasstirred and reacted while the temperature of the mixture was allowed tonaturally rise to room temperature. The resulting red suspension wassubjected to sellaite filtration to remove lithium chloride. Then, tothe orange filtrate was added 10 ml of toluene, and the mixture wasconcentrated until a solid was precipitated, followed by cooling to −20°C. The precipitated solid was recovered and then recrystallized fromtoluene to obtain 17 mg of a red solid. The analyzed values are givenbelow.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.96 (d, 1H), δ 7.94 (s,1H), 67.93 (d, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.59 (d, 1H), 7.53 (d, 1H), 6.03 (d,1H), 5.68 (d, 1H), 2.60 (s, 1H), 2.41 (s, 1H), 2.31 (s, 1H), 1.32 (s,18H), 1.08 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=612, 614, 616 (M⁺)

Example 6 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution of 1.53 g (13 mmol) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene in 30 mlof THF, 9.0 ml (14 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. Then, 1.7 ml (16 mmol) ofacetone was further added at −78° C., followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 2 days. To the reaction solution, water was added. Afterextraction with ether, the solvent was distilled off, and the residuewas subjected to column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent:hexane) to obtain 2.00 g of a yellow liquid (yield: 95%). The analyzedvalues are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.53 (d, 2H), 6.14 (t, 1H),2.16 (s, 3H), 2.14 (s, 3H) 1.20 (s, 9H)

The 3-tert-6,6-dimethylfulvene could be synthesized also by thefollowing process.

To a mixed solution of 1.40 g (11 mmol) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene,8.4 ml (114 mmol) of acetone and 20 ml of methanol, 9.5 ml (114 mmol) ofpyrrolidine was added with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. To the reaction solution, 50 ml of water, 100ml of ether and 3 ml of acetic acid were added with ice cooling. Theseparated organic phase was washed with water and dried over anhydroussodium sulfate. After the solvent was distilled off, the residue wassubjected to column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent:hexane) to obtain 1.62 g of a yellow liquid (yield: 88%)

(2) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 1.98 g (7.1 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof ether, 4.6 ml (7.5 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.56 g (9.6 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 20 ml of ether was further dropwiseadded in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring atroom temperature for one night. Then, 60 ml of water was added. Theseparated organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and thenfiltered. From the filtrate, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure to obtain a solid. The solid was purified by columnchromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 1.35 gof a light yellow solid (yield: 43%). The analyzed values are givenbelow.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.71 (t, 2H), 7.20-6.97 (m,4H), 6.48-5.70 (m, 2H), 4.04-3.98 (m, 1H), 3.10 (d, 2H), 1.38 (s, 18H),1.24-1.20 (m, 9H), 1.05 (s, 6H)

(3) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.01 g (2.3 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butyl-cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 50 ml of ether, 2.9 ml (4.7 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 20 hours. To theresulting reddish orange reaction mixture having been cooled to −78° C.,0.85 g (2.3 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added,followed by stirring at room temperature for one day and night. Theresulting reaction mixture was subjected to sellaite filtration. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and theresidue was recrystallized from diethyl ether to obtain 0.91 g of anorange solid (yield: 67%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.02 (d, 2H), 7.74-7.65(d+d, 2H), 7.33 (d+d, 2H), 6.11 (t, 1H), 5.73 (t, 1H), 5.53 (t, 1H),2.32 (s, 6H), 1.44 (s, 18H), 1.16 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=598, 600, 602 (M⁺)

Example 7 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of (1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadiene

To a solution of 6.50 g (44.5 mmol) of cyclohexylfulvene in 60 ml ofTHF, 44.8 ml (51.1 mmol) of an ether solution of methyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. After the reaction solutionwas diluted with 100 ml of ether, 30 ml of water was added. Theseparated organic phase was washed with water and a saturated salinesolution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was isolated and purified by column chromatography(silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 2.72 g (16.76 mmol)of a colorless transparent liquid (yield: 38%) The analyzed values aregiven below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.58+6.42+6.28+6.18+6.00(m+m+m+m+m, 3H), 2.95+2.86 (s+m, 2H), 1.90-0.80 (m, 10H), 1.10 (s, 3H)

(2) Synthesis of 3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution of 2.71 g (16.7 mmol) of(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadiene in 30 ml of methanol, 25 ml(340.5 mmol) of acetone and 2.8 ml (33.5 mmol) of pyrrolidine were addedwith ice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 3 days.After the reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml ofwater was added. The organic phase was separated, washed with water anda saturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid was isolated and-purified bycolumn chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain2.95 g (14.58 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 87%). The analyzed valuesare given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.80-6.16 (m, 3H), 2.18 (d,6H), 2.25-0.80 (m, 14H), 1.23 (s, 3H)

(3) Synthesis of2-(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 2.64 g (9.5 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 45 mlof THF, 6.4 ml (10.4 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 2.00 g (9.9 mmol) of3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 30 ml of THF wasfurther dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling,followed by stirring at room temperature for 3 days. After the reactionsolution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. Theseparated organic phase was washed with water and a saturated salinesolution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was isolated and purified by column chromatography(silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 1.96 g (4.08 mmol) ofa white solid (yield: 43%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.73+7.25-6.95 (d+m, 6H),6.51+6.11+5.98+5.73 (s+s+s+s,. 2H), 4.08+3.98 (d+s, 1H), 3.17+3.08+2.98(s+s+s, 2H), 1.95-0.85 (m, 10H+3H+6H), 1.38 (s, 18H)

(4) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.70 g (1.5 mmol) of2-(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 30 ml of diethyl ether, 1.9 ml (3.0 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. Thesolution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.53 g (1.4 mmol) of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 3 days. The reaction solution was subjected to sellaitefiltration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resulting liquid, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain 0.80 g (1.25 mmol)of an orange solid (yield: 85%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.10-7.10 (m, 6H),6.16+5.75+5.58 (m+m+m, 3H), 2.44-1.14 (m, 10H+3H+6H), 1.46 (s, 18H)

FD-MS:-m/z=638, 640, 642 (M⁺)

Example 8 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,47,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorene

In a 500 ml three-necked flask purged with nitrogen, 9.72 g (58.6 mmol,1 eq) of fluorene and 19.61 g (134 mmol, 2.3 eq) of2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol were placed at room temperature. Then, 85 mlof dehydrated dichloromethane was added. After stirring by a magneticstirrer, the mixture was cooled to −8° C. with an ice bath (light brownslurry). To the slurry, 38.9 g (292 mmol, 5.0 eq) of pulverizedanhydrous aluminum chloride was added over a period of 70 minutes,followed by stirring at 0° C. for 2 hours. The ice bath was removed, andthe solution was stirred at room temperature for 19 hours (dark brownsolution). After disappearance of fluorene was confirmed by gaschromatography, the dark brown solution was poured into 150 ml of icewater to perform quenching (yellowish brown slurry) After the solublecomponent was extracted with 500 ml of diethyl ether, the organic phasewas neutralized with a saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueoussolution and washed with water. The dispensed organic phase was driedover MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ was filtered off, and from the filtrate thesolvent was vacuum distilled off by a rotary evaporator. The residue wastransferred onto a Kiriyama funnel, washed 6 times with 10 ml of hexaneand vacuum dried to obtain a white powder (12.0 g, yield: 53%)

(2) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-l,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 1.55 g (4.0 mmol) of1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenein 50 ml of THF, 2.6 ml (4.2 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. To theresulting red solution, a solution of 0.97 g (6.0 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 25 ml of THF was further dropwiseadded in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring atroom temperature for one night. Then, 60 ml of water was added. Theorganic phase extracted with ether and separated was dried overmagnesium sulfate and then filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a solid. The solid was purifiedby column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) toobtain 0.95 g of a light yellow solid (yield: 43%). The analyzed valuesare given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.54 (d, 2H), 7.10 (d, 2H,6.55-5.68 (d+d, 2H), 4.06-4.02 (s+s, 1H), 3.19-3.06 (s+s, 2H), 1.67 (s,8H),, 1.36-1.20 (m, 33H), 1.00 (s, 6H)

(3) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.91 g (1.7 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butyl-cyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propanein 50 ml of ether, 2.1 ml (3.4 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 5 days. To theresulting reddish orange reaction mixture having been cooled to −78° C.,0.64 g (1.7 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added,followed by stirring at room temperature for 5 days. The resultingreaction mixture was subjected to sellaite filtration. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and theresidue was recrystallized from hexane to obtain 0.35 g of an orangesolid (yield: 30%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.99 (s, 2H), 7.59 (d, 2H),6.09 (t, 1H), 5.53 (t, 1H), 5.43 (t, 1H), 2.30 (s, 6H), 1.72 (s, 8H),1.52-1.14 (m, 33H)

FD-MS: m/z=706, 708, 710 (M⁺)

Example 9 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 2-(cyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propane

In a 200 ml three-necked flask purged with nitrogen, 3.11 g (8.04 mmol,1 eq) of1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenewas placed at room temperature. Then, 40 ml of dehydrated THF was added,and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution.The solution was cooled to 2° C. with an ice bath (light yellowsolution). To the solution, 5.2 ml (8.48 mmol, 1.05 eq) of n-BuLi(hexane solution) was dropwise added over a period of 10 minutes, and 10ml of dehydrated THF was further added. The ice bath was removed, andthe mixture was stirred at room temperature for 22 hours (dark redslurry). After the slurry was cooled to 0° C. with an ice bath, asolution of 1.05 ml (8.54 mmol, 1.06 eq) of 6,6-dimethylfulvene in 10 mlof dehydrated THF was dropwise added over a period of 15 minutes (darkred solution). The ice bath was removed, and the solution was stirred atroom temperature for 23 hours. The resulting dark red brown solution waspoured into 100 ml of a diluted hydrochloric acid solution to performquenching. After the organic phase was washed with 100 ml of a saturatedsaline solution, the soluble component was extracted from the aqueouslayer with 50 ml of diethyl ether. The soluble component and thedispensed organic phase were together dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄was filtered off, and from the filtrate the solvent was vacuum distilledoff by a rotary evaporator to obtain a yellowish orange solid. The solidwas purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent:hexane) to obtain a white powder (2.70 g, yield: 68%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 1.02, 1.04 (s, H, —CH₃ ofBridge), 1,18-1.36 (m, 24H, —CH₃ of OMOHDBFlu), 1.63-1.72 (m, 8H, —CH₂of OMOHDBFlu), 3.08, 3.09, 3.19 (s, 2H, —CH₂— of Cp), 3.97, 4.02 (s, 1H,9-H of OMOHDBFlu), 5.90-6.97 (m, 2H, —CH— of Cp), 6.95, 7.07, 7.54 (s,4H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu);OMOHDBFlu=1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl

(2) Synthesis of2-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propane

In a 30 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.66 g (1.34 mmol, 1 eq)of2-(cyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 10 ml of dehydrated THF was added,and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution.The solution was cooled with an ice bath (light brown solution). To thesolution, 0.88 ml (1.43 mmol, 1.07 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution) wasdropwise added over a period of 1 to 2 minutes. The ice bath wasremoved, and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 66 hours(dark violet solution). After the solution was cooled with an ice bath,0.8 ml (6.31 mmol, 4.71 eq) of chlorotrimethylsilane was dropwise addedby a syringe (reddish brown solution). The ice bath was removed, and thesolution was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 hours. The resultinglight yellow solution was poured into 50 ml of a diluted hydrochloricacid solution to perform quen ching. After the soluble component wasextracted with 30 ml of diethyl ether, the organic phase was washed witha saturated saline solution. The organic phase was dried over MgSO₄,then the MgSO₄ was filtered off, and from the filtrate the solvent wasvacuum distilled off by a rotary evaporator to obtain a slightly yellowamorphous product. The amorphous product was purified by silica gelcolumn chromatography (developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 0.71 g of awhite solid (yield: 93%).

1H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ-0.02 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),1.06, 1.08 (s, 6H, —CH₃ of Bridge), 1.26-1.47 (m, 24H, —CH₃ ofOMOHDBFlu), 1.60-1.71 (m, 8H, —CH₂— of OMOHDBFlu), 3.33 (s, 1H, 1-H ofCp), 4.08 (s, 1H, 9-H of OMOHDBFlu), 5.97-6.91 (m, 2H, —CH— of fCp),6.68, 7.46, 7.50, 7.56 (s, 4H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu)

(3) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.70 g (1.24 mmol, 1 eq)of2-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)propanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 23 ml of dehydrated diethyl etherwas added, and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give asolution. The solution was cooled with an ice bath (slightly yellowsolution). To the solution, 1.58 ml (2.58 mmol, 2.08 eq) of n-BuLi(hexane solution) was dropwise added by a syringe. The ice bath wasremoved, and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours(orangy red solution). From the solution, the solvent was vacuumdistilled off, then 15 ml of dehydrated diethyl ether was added again,and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution.The solution was cooled with an ice bath (orangy red solution). To thesolution, 0.38 ml (0.62 mmol, 0.50 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution) wasdropwise added by a syringe. The ice bath was removed, and the solutionwas stirred at room temperature for 20 hours (red solution). Thesolution was cooled with a dry ice/methanol bath, and to the solutionwas added 0.43 g (1.14 mmol, 0.92 eq) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF)2-complex. The mixture was stirred for 23 hours while allowing the dryice to naturally disappear and the temperature of the mixture tonaturally rise. From the resulting red slurry, the volatile componentwas vacuum distilled off. To the residue, 30 ml of dehydrated hexane wasadded, and the insoluble component was filtered. The solvent of theresulting red solution was vacuum concentrated, and the obtainedsolution was stored in a refrigerator to obtain 0.28 g of a red platesolid (yield:. 33%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 0.11 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),1.23-1.51 (m, 24H, —CH₃ of OMOHDBFlu), 1.73-1.75 (m, 8H, —CH₂— ofOMOHDBFlu), 2.33 (s, 6H, —CH₃ of Bridge), 5.49, 5.79, 6.30 (t, 3H, —CH—of Cp), 7.60, 7.98 (s, 4H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu)

FD-MS: m/z=722, 724, 726 (M⁺)

Example 10 Synthesis of dimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 6-methyl-6-ethylfulvene

To a solution of 10.00 g (151.3 mmol) of cyclopentadiene in 30 ml ofmethanol, 13.6 ml (151.8 mmol) of methyl ethyl ketone and 12.8 ml (153.3mmol) of pyrrolidine were added with ice cooling, followed by stirringat room temperature for one night. After the reaction solution wasdiluted with 200 ml of ether, 100 ml of water was added. The organicphase was separated, washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (75-82° C./20mmHg) to obtain 9.20 g (76.55 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 51%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.50 (m, 4H), 2.55 (f, 2H),2.20 (s, 3H), 1.18 (t, 3H)

(2) Synthesis of (1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadiene

To a solution of 8.00 g (66.6 mmol) of 6-methyl-6-ethylfulvene in 40 mlof ether, 66.0 ml (75.2 mmol) of an ether solution of methyllithium wasdropwise added in an nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. Then, 30 ml of water wasadded. The separated organic phase was washed with water and a saturatedsaline solution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (165° C./270mmHg) to obtain 8.40 g (61.66 mmol) of a light yellow liquid (yield:93%) The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): 66.55+6.41+6.26+6.14+5.96(m+m+m+m+m, 3H), 2.94+2.88 (m+m, 2H), 1.48 (m, 2H), 1.12 (s, 6H), 0.72(m, 3H)

(3) Synthesis of 3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution-of 3.00 g (22.0 mmol) of(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadiene in 30 ml of methanol, 16.2 ml (220.4mmol) of acetone and 3.7 ml (44.0 mmol) of pyrrolidine were added withice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night.After the reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml ofwater was added. The organic phase was separated, washed with water anda saturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuumdistillation (100° C./1 mmHg) to obtain 1.85 g (10.49 mmol) of a yellowliquid (yield: 48%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.52 (m, 2H), 6.13 (m, 1H),2.18 (d, 6H), 1.52 (f, 2H), 1.18 (s, 6H), 0.80 (t, 3H)

(4) Synthesis of2-(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 2.14 g (7.7 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof THF, 5.0 ml (8.1 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.81 g (10.3 mmol) of3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwiseadded in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring atroom temperature for 3 days. After the reaction solution was dilutedwith 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organicphase was washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then driedover magnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 2.06 g (4.53 mmbl) of a white solid (yield:59%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.72+7.20-6.95 (s+m, 6H),6.42+6.08+5.92+5.72 (s+s+s+s, 2H), 4.05 (d, 1H), 3.13+2.98+2.88 (s+s+s,2H), 1.52 (m, 2H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.19+1.13 (d+s, 6H), 1.08 (d, 6H),0.82 (m, 3H)

(5) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.82 g (1.8 mmol) of2-(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 30 ml of diethyl ether, 2.3 ml (3.8 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. Thesolution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.66 g (1.8 mmol) of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. The reaction solution was subjected tosellaite filtration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resulting liquid,the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. To the reside, 10 ml ofhexane was added, and the mixture was cooled to perform crystallizationand thereby obtain 0.38 g (0.62 mmol) of a red solid (yield: 34%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.02+7.70, 7.30 (t+m+m, 6H),6.10+5.75+5.52 (t+t+t, 3H), 2.32 (d, 6H), 1.46 (s, 18H), 1.40 (f, 2H),1.20+1.10 (s+s, 6H), 0.65 (t, 3H)

FD-MS: m/z=612, 614, 616 (M⁺)

Example 11 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 6,6-diethylfulvene

To a solution of 22.00 g (332.8 mmol) of cyclopentadiene in 35 ml ofmethanol, 36.0 ml (665.1 mmol) of diethyl ketone and 28.0 ml (335.5mmol) of pyrrolidine were added with ice cooling, followed by stirringat room temperature for one night. After the reaction solution wasdiluted with 200 ml of ether, 100 ml of water was added. The organicphase was separated, washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (78-83° C./4mmHg) to obtain 36.50 g (271.94 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 82%).The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.50 (m, 4H), 2.55 (f, 4H),1.18 (t, 6H)

(2) Synthesis of (1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadiene

To a solution of 8.00 g (59.6 mol) of 6,6-diethylfulvene in 35 ml ofether, 60.0 ml (68.4 mmol) of an ether solution of methyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. Then, 30 ml of water wasadded. The separated organic phase was washed with water and a saturatedsaline solution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (92° C./40 mmHg)to obtain 5.50 g (36.6 mmol) of a light yellow liquid (yield: 61%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.60-5.90 (m, 3H), 2.94+2.88(f+f, 2H), 1.48 (m, 4H), 1.08 (s, 3H), 0.72 (m, 6H)

(3) Synthesis of 3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution of 2.50 g (16.6 mmol) of(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadiene in 20 ml of methanol, 8.4 ml(114.4 mmol) of acetone and 2.8 ml (33.5 mmol) of pyrrolidine were addedwith ice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for onenight. After the reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50ml of water was added. The organic phase was separated, washed withwater and a saturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 2.90 g (15.24 mmol) of a yellow liquid(yield: 92%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 6.50 (m, 2H), 6.11 (m, 1H),2.13 (d, 6H), 1.50 (f, 4H), 1.09 (d, 3H), 0.78 (m, 6H)

(4) Synthesis of2-(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 1.93 g (6.9 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 4.7 ml (7.6 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.70 g (8.9 mmol) of3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 10 ml of THF wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 5 days. After the reaction solution wasdiluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separatedorganic phase was washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. Theliquid was isolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel,developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 1.20 g (2.56 mmol) of a whitesolid (yield: 37%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 7.72+7.20-6.95 (s+m, 6H),6.42+6.08+5.92+5.72 (s+s+s+s, 2H), 4.05 (d, 1H), 3.13+2.98+2.88 (s+s+s,2H), 1.52 (m, 4H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.09, 1.06 (m,m, 9H), 0.80 (m, 6H)

(5) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.70 g (1.5 mmol) of2-(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 35 ml of diethyl ether, 1.9 ml (3.1 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. Thesolution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.55 g (1.5 mmol) of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. The reaction solution was subjected tosellaite filtration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resulting liquid,the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. To the residue, 5 ml ofhexane was added, and the mixture was cooled to perform crystallizationand thereby obtain 0.33 g (0.52 mmol) of a red solid (yield: 35%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ 8.00+7.70, 7.30 (t+m+m, 6H),6.09+5.74+5.52 (t+t+t, 3H), 2.31 (m, 6H), 1.46 (s, 18H), 1.27 (m, 4H),1.10 (m, 3H), 0.64 (m, 6H)

FD-MS: m/z 626, 628, 630 (M⁺)

Example 12 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 6-methyl-6-isobutylfulvene

To a solution of 10.00 g (151.3 mmol) of cyclopentadiene in 30 ml ofmethanol, 18.9 ml (151.1 mmol) of methyl isobutyl ketone and 12.8 ml(153.3 mmol) of pyrrolidine were added with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. After the reaction solutionwas diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The organicphase was separated, washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (83-88° C./10mmHg) to obtain 15.80 g (106.58 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 71%).The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.50 (m, 4H), 2.42 (d, 2H),2.19 (s, 3H), 1.96 (m, 1H), 0.93 (d, 6H)

(2) Synthesis of (1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadiene

To a solution of 8.00 g (54.0 mmol) of 6-methyl-6-isobutylfulvene in 30ml of ether, 54.0 ml (61.6 mmol) of an ether solution of methyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followedby stirring at room temperature for 4 days. Then, 30 ml of water wasadded. The separated organic phase was washed with water and a saturatedsaline solution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (120° C./25mmHg) to obtain 7.10 g (43.2 mmol) of a light yellow liquid (yield: 80%)

(3) Synthesis of 3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution of 3.00 g (18.3 mmol) of(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadiene in 30 ml of methanol, 13.4 ml(182.5 mmol) of acetone and 3.1 ml (36.6 mmol) of pyrrolidine were addedwith ice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for onenight. After the reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50ml of water was added. The organic phase was separated, washed withwater and a saturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wassubjected to vacuum distillation (130° C./1 mmHg) to obtain 3.50 g (17.1mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 94%). The analyzed values are givenbelow.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.50 (m, 2H), 6.11 (m, 1H),2.15 (d, 6H), 1.52 (m, 1H), 1.42 (d, 2H), 1.17 (s, 6H), 0.81 (d, 6H)

(4) Synthesis of2-(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 2.16 g (7.8 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 35 mlof THF, 5.0 ml (8.2 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 2.16 g (10.6 mmol) of3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 10 ml of THF wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 5 days. After the reaction solution wasdiluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separatedorganic phase was washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. Theliquid was isolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel,developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 2.80 g (5.80 mmol) of a whitesolid (yield: 74%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.71+7.14−6.95 (s+m, 6H),6.42+6.08+5.92+5.72 (s+s+s+s, 2H), 4.05 (d, 1H), 3.13+2.98+2.88 (s+s+s,2H), 1.62 (m, 1H), 1.45 (m, 2H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.22+1.18+1.06 (s+s+m,12H), 0.80 (m, 6H)

(5) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.87 g (1.8 mmol) of2-(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 35 ml of diethyl ether, 2.3 ml (3.7 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. Thesolution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.67 g (1.8 mmol) of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 2 days. The reaction solution was subjected to sellaitefiltration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resulting liquid, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain 0.6 g (0.93 mmol)of a red solid (yield: 52%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.00+7.70, 7.30 (t+m+m, 6H),6.06+5.69+5.49 (t+t+t, 3H), 2.28 (m, 6H), 1.41 (s, 18H), 1.42-0.64 (m,9H), 0.59 (m, 6H)

FD-MS: m/z=640, 642, 644 (M⁺)

Example 13 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of2-(cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 3.0 g (10.8 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof THF, 7.0 ml (11.3 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 6 hours. From the reaction mixture, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was washedwith pentane and dried to obtain a white solid. To a solution of thesolid in 30 ml of THF, a solution of 1.4 g (13.2 mmol) of6,6-dimethylfulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwise added in a nitrogenatmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring for 5 hours. Then, 30ml of water-was added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl etherand separated was dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain asolid. The solid was recrystallized from methanol to obtain 2.9 g of aslightly yellow solid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.73 (s, 2H), 7.20-6.98 (m,4H), 6.95-5.93 (m, 3H), 4.06 (d, 1H), 3.13 (d, 2H), 1.39 (s, 18H), 1.07(d, 6H)

(2) Synthesis of2-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

In a 50 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 1.44 g (3.74 mmol, 1 eq)of 2-(cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane was placedat room temperature. Then, 20 ml of dehydrated THF was added, and themixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution. Thesolution was cooled with an ice bath (light yellowish orange solution).To the solution, 2.5 ml (1.63 mmol, 1.09 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution)was dropwise added. The ice bath was removed, and the solution wasstirred at room temperature for 19 hours (dark red solution). Thesolution was cooled with an ice bath, and to the solution, 2.7 ml (21.3mmol, 5.70 eq) of chlorotrimethylsilane was dropwise added by a syringe.The ice bath was removed, and the solution was stirred at roomtemperature for 3 hours. The resulting yellow solution was poured into80 ml of a diluted hydrochloric acid solution to perform quenching.After the soluble component was extracted with 100 ml of diethyl ether,the organic phase was washed with 50 ml of a saturated saline solution.The organic phase was dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ was filtered off,and from the filtrate the solvent was vacuum distilled off by a rotaryevaporator to obtain a light yellow solid. The solid was washed with 50ml of methanol and vacuum dried to obtain 1.44 g a light creamy powder(yield: 84%)

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ-0.01 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),1.35, 1.39 (s, 18H, tBu of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 1.37, 1.41 (s, 6H, —CH₃ ofBridge), 3.34 (s, 1H, 1-H of Cp), 4.14 (s, 1H, 9-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu),6.01, 6.58, 6.87 (m, 3H, —CH— of Cp), 6.71-7.72 (m, 6H, Ph-H of 3,6-tBu₂Flu)

(3) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 1.32 g (2.89 mmol, 1 eq)of2-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 30 ml of dehydrated diethyl etherwas added, and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give asolution. The solution was cooled with an ice bath (creamy solution). Tothe solution, 3.9 ml (6.36 mmol, 2.20 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution)was dropwise added by a syringe. The ice bath was removed, and themixture was stirred at room temperature for 27 hours (yellowish orangeslurry). The slurry was cooled-with a dry ice/methanol bath, and theretowas added 1.09 g (2.89 mmol, 1.00 eq) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF)2-complex. The mixture was stirred for 22 hours while allowing the dryice to naturally disappear and the temperature of the mixture tonaturally rise to room temperature. From the resulting reddish orangeslurry, the volatile component was vacuum distilled off. To the residue,50 ml of dehydrated hexane was added, and then the insoluble componentwas filtered through a filter. To the orange powder remaining on thefilter, 10 ml of dehydrated dichloromethane was added to filter thesoluble component. From the resulting red solution, the solvent wasvacuum distilled off to obtain an orange solid (0.74 g, yield: 42%)

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ0.12 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃), 1.44(s, 18H, tBu of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 2.35 (s, 6H, —CH₃ of Bridge), 5.61, 5.96,6.33 (t, 3H, —CH— of Cp), 7.32, 7.33 (d, 2H, 1, 8-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu),7.70 (m, 2H, 2, 7-H of-3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 8.01 (s, 2H, 4, 5-H of 3,6-tBu₂Flu)

FD-MS: m/z=614, 616, 618 (M⁺)

Example 14 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 6-methyl-6-propylfulvene

To a solution of 10.00 g (151.3 mmol) of cyclopentadiene in 40 ml ofmethanol, 18.6 ml (174.2 mmol) of methyl propyl ketone and 4.5 ml (54.7mmol) of pyrrolidine were added with ice cooling, followed by stirringat room temperature for one night. After the reaction solution wasdiluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The organicphase was separated, washed with water and a saturated saline solution,then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (70° C./1 mmHg)to obtain 12.30 g (91.64 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 61%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.55 (m, 4H), 2.56 (m, 2H),2.23 (t, 3H), 1.67 (m, 2H), 1.00 (m, 3H)

(2) Synthesis of (1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadiene

To a solution of 7.00 g (52.2 mmol) of 6-methyl-6-propylfulvene in 40 mlof THF, 50.3 ml (57.3 mmol) of an ether solution of methyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. After the reaction solutionwas diluted with 100 ml of ether, 30 ml of water was added. Theseparated organic phase was washed with water and a saturated salinesolution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered.° From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was subjected to vacuum distillation (75° C./5-7mmHg) to obtain 6.40 g (42.6 mmol) of a light yellow liquid (yield:82%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.55+6.41+6.26+6.14+5.96(m+m+m+m+m, 3H), 2.94+2.88 (m+m, 2H), 1.48 (m, 2H), 1.12 (s, 6H),1.00-0.80 (m, 5H)

(3) Synthesis of 3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene

To a solution of 3.00 g (20.0 mmol) of(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadiene in 30 ml of methanol, 14.6 ml (198.8mmol) of acetone and 2.5 ml (29.9 mmol) of pyrrolidine were added withice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 3 days. Afterthe reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of waterwas added. The organic phase was separated, washed with water and asaturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfateand filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid was isolated and purified bycolumn chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain2.70 g (14.19 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield: 71%). The analyzed valuesare given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.51 (m, 2H), 6.11 (m, 1H),2.15 (d, 6H), 1.44 (m, 2H), 1.26-1.10 (m, 2H), 1.15 (s, 6H), 0.85 (t,3H)

(4) Synthesis of2-(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 1.70 g (6.1 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof THF, 3.9 ml (6.4 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.22 g (6.4 mmol) of3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 35 ml of THF was dropwise,added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring atroom temperature for one night. After the reaction solution was dilutedwith 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organicphase was washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then driedover magnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 1.73 g (3.69 mmol) of an oily liquid (yield:61%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃,l Based on TMS): δ7.71+7.16−6.95 (s+m, 6H),6.42-5.70 (m, 2H), 4.03 (d, 1H), 3.12+3.03+2.94 (s+s+s, 2H), 1.38 (s,18H), 1.27+1.18 (m+d, 10H), 1.06 (s, 6H), 0.92 (m, 3H)

(5) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.60 g (1.3 mmol) of2-7(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)-2-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 50 ml of diethyl ether, 1.6 ml (2.6 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 3 days. Thesolution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.46 g (1.2 mmol).of zirconiumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for 4 days. The reaction solution was subjected to sellaitefiltration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resulting liquid, thesolvent was removed under reduced pressure. To the residue, 15 ml ofhexane was added, and the mixture was cooled to perform crystallizationand thereby obtain 0.33 g (0.53 mmol) of a red solid (yield: 43%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.01+7.70, 7.30 (t+m+m, 6H),6.07+5.72+5.50 (t+t+t, 3H), 2.31 (d, 6H), 1.44 (s, 18H), 1.42-0.80 (m,10H), 0.76 (t, 3H)

FD-MS: m/z=626, 628, 630 (M⁺)

Example 15 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propane

To a solution of 2.45 g (8.80 mmol) of 2,7-di-tert-butylfluorene in 50ml of THF, 5.67 ml (9.24 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C., followed bystirring at room temperature overnight. To the resulting solution, asolution of 2.85 g (17.6 mmol) of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 30ml of THF was successively dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0°C., followed by stirring at room temperature overnight to performreaction. After the reaction, 30 ml of water was added. The organicphase was extracted with ether and dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate. From the resulting solution, the solvent was distilled off toobtain a crude yellow solid. The solid was washed with methanol toobtain 2.77 g of a powdery white solid (yield: 71.5%.The analyzed valuesare given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.56 (d, 2H), 7.33-7.12 (4H),6.59-5.68 (2H), 4.14-4.05 (1H), 3.21-3.04.(2H), 1.29 (s, 18H), 1.01 (s,6H)

(2) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.0 g (2.27 mmol) of2-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-2-(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)propanein 50 ml of diethyl ether, 2.9 ml (4.65 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at −78° C.With stirring, the temperature of the mixture was allowed to naturallyrise to room temperature, and the reaction was performed overnight toobtain a red solution. The solution was cooled to −78° C. again, and0.86 g (2.27 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was addedin a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was stirred and reacted while thetemperature of the mixture was allowed to naturally rise to roomtemperature. The resulting red suspension was subjected to sellaitefiltration to remove a white solid. Then, the orange filtrate wasconcentrated and dried to obtain a crude red solid. The solid wasrecrystallized from 5 ml of toluene to obtain 113 mg of a red solid. Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.00-7.95 (2H), 7.72-7.58(4H), 6.12 (t, 1H), 5.60 (t, 1H), 5.56 (t, 1H), 2.36 (s, 6H), 1.34 (1,i8H), 1.14 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=598, 600, 602 (M⁺)

Example 16 Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)diphenylmethane

To a solution of 2.5 g (9.0 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof THF, 6.1 ml (9.8 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for 4 hours. The resulting solution was icecooled again, and thereto was dropwise added a solution of 2.5 g (10.8mmol) of 6,6-diphenylfulvene in 30 ml of THF in a nitrogen atmosphere,followed by stirring at room temperature for 5 hours. Then, 50 ml ofwater was added. The organic phase extracted with diethyl ether andseparated was dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain asolid. The solid was recrystallized from methanol to obtain 3.4 g of aslightly yellow solid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.47 (s, 2H), 7.28 (br, 4H),7.07-7.01 (br, 10H), 6.51-6.18 (m, 3H), 5.46+5.41 (s+s, 1H), 2.94+2.86(s+s, 2H), 1.30 (s, 18H)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)diphenylmethane

To a solution of 0.45 g (0.88 mmol) of1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)diphenylmethane in 30ml of THF, 0.54 ml (0.97 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followedby stirring at room temperature for 16 hours. After the resultingsolution was cooled to −78° C., a solution of 0.22 ml (1.76 mmol) ofchlorotrimethylsilane in 10 ml of THF was slowly added, followed bystirring at room temperature for 6 hours. To the reaction solution, 20ml of water was added to terminate the reaction. The resulting solutionwas subjected to extraction with diethyl ether, then dried overanhydrous magnesium sulfate and vacuum evaporated to dryness to obtain ayellow solid. The solid was washed with a small amount of methanol anddried under reduced pressure to obtain 0.42 g of an opaque white solid(yield: 81.8%) The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.80 (t, 2H), 7.63 (dd, 2H),7.31 (ddd, 2H), 6.99 (dd, 1H), 6.50 (t, 1H), 6.44 (dd, 1H), 1.80 (d,6H), 1.41 (d, 18H), (1.12 (s, 9H)

(3) Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.58 g (1.14 mmol) of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)diphenylmethanein 40 ml of THF, 1.47 ml (2.40 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 8 hours. From thereaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure toobtain an reddish orange solid. To the solid, 100 ml of dichloromethanewas added at −78° C., and they were stirred to give a solution. Then,the solution was added to a suspension of 0.44 g (1.02 mmol) ofzirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex in 5 ml of dichloromethanehaving been cooled to −78° C., followed by stirring at −78° C. for 4hours. The solution was slowly heated and stirred at room temperaturefor one day and night. From the reaction solution, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a yellowish brown solid. Thesolid was extracted with hexane and subjected to sellaite filtration.The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and kept at −25° C.to obtain an orange solid. The solid was washed with a small amount ofdiethyl ether to obtain 0.19 g of a reddish orange solid. The analyzedvalues are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.80 (t, 2H), 7.63 (dd, 2H),7.31 (ddd, 2H), 6.99 (dd, 1H), 6.50 (t, 1H), 6.44 (dd, 1H), 1.80 (d,6H), 1.41 (d, 18H), 1.12 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=738, 740, 742 (M⁺)

Example 17 Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of phenylcyclopentadiene

To 160 ml (120 mmol) of a THE solution of phenylmagnesium chloride, asolution of 8.38 ml (100 mmol) of-2-cyclopentenone in 70 ml of THF wasdropwise added with ice cooling. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1hour and then further stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. Then, 200ml of an ammonium chloride saturated aqueous solution was added. To thereaction solution, diethyl ether was added to perform extraction. Theresulting ether solution was dried over magnesium sulfate, and thesolvent was distilled off to obtain of a crude product ofphenylcyclopentenol as a gold liquid (17.5 g). In a glass tube oven, 6 gof the crude product was placed, and the product was heated at 180 to190° C. for 1 hour at atmospheric pressure, then cooled to roomtemperature and slowly heated (finally) to 195° C. under reducedpressure (1 to 4 mmHg). As a result, 2.5 g of a white crystal wassublimed (51.3%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ{7.58 (dd), 7.50 (dd),7.47-7.10 (m), 5H}, {6.94 (dt), 6.89 (p), 6.65 (p), 7.58 (m), 6.43 (m),3.38 (t), 3.19 (t), 5H))

(2) Synthesis of 3,6,6-triphenylfulvene

A solution of 2.5 g (17.6 mmol) of phenylcyclopentadiene in 30 ml oftoluene was ice cooled, and thereto was dropwise added 13.0 ml (21.1mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium. The resulting white slurrywas stirred at room temperature for one night. From the slurry, thesolvent was filtered off to give a THF solution (brown solution). To thesolution, a solution of 3.2 g (17.6 mmol) of benzophenone in 10 ml ofTHF was added, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night.After addition of water, the mixture was subjected to extraction withdiethyl ether and dried over magnesium sulfate. Then, the ether wasdistilled off to obtain a red viscous liquid. The liquid was purified bya silica gel column to obtain a red solid.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ{7.81 (d), 7.61 (d),7.56-7.24 (m), 15H}, 7.04 (dd, 1H), 6.59 (t, 1H), 6.46 (dd, 1H)

(3) Synthesis of1-(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethane

To a solution of 1.0 g (2.59 mmol) of1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenein 30 ml of THF, 1.75 ml (2.85 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 4 hours. Then, asolution of 0.92 g (3.11 mmol) of 3,6,6-triphenylfulvene in 10 ml of THFwas slowly added at room temperature, followed by stirring for 15 hours.To the reaction solution, 20 ml of water was added to terminate thereaction. The resulting solution was subjected to extraction withdiethyl ether, then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and vacuumevaporated to dryness to obtain a yellow solid. The solid was washedtwice with a small amount of methanol and dried under reduced pressureto obtain 1.24 g of an opaque white solid (yield: 69.1%).

(4) Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 1.20 g (1.73 mmol) of1-(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethanein 30 ml of THF, 2.23 ml (3.63 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 8 hours. From thereaction mixture, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure toobtain a reddish orange solid. To the solid, 100 ml of dichloromethanewas added at −78° C., and they were stirred to give a solution. Then,the solution was added to a suspension of 0.59 g (1.56 mmol) of titaniumtetrachloride (THF) 2-complex in 5 ml of dichloromethane having beencooled to −78° C., followed by stirring at −78° C. for 4 hours. Theresulting solution was slowly heated and stirred at room temperature forone day and night. From the reaction solution, the solvent was removedunder reduced pressure to obtain a yellowish brown solid. The solid wasextracted with hexane and subjected to sellaite filtration. The filtratewas concentrated under reduced pressure, and a small amount of diethylether was added to produce an orange precipitate. The mother liquor wasremoved, and the pressure was reduced to obtain 3 mg of a reddish orangesolid (yield: 2.3%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.07 (d, 2H), 8.01 (d, 2H),7.89 (d, 2H), 7.48 (tt, 2H), 7.33 (p, 5H), 7.26 (s, 3H), 7.18 (m, 2H),6.49 (m, 1H), 6.24 (d, 2H), 5.74 (t, 1H), 5.66 (t, 1H), 1.73-1.52 (m,6H), 1.47 (s, 3H), 1.42 (s, 3H), 1.39 (s, 6H), 1.24 (d, 3H), 0.97 (d,6H), 0.84 (d, 6H)

FD-MS: m/z=850, 852, 854 (M⁺)

Example 18 Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethane

In a 200 ml three-necked flask purged with nitrogen, 2.64 g (6.83 mmol,1 eq) of1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenewas placed at room temperature. Then, 40 ml of dehydrated THE was added,and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution.The solution was cooled with an ice bath (light yellow solution). To thesolution, 4.6 ml (7.50 mmol, 1.10 eq) of a hexane solution of n-BuLi wasdropwise added over a period of 10 minutes. Then, the ice bath wasremoved, and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 23 hours(dark red solution). The solution was cooled to 1° C. with an ice bath,and to the solution, a solution of 2.06 (8.94 mmol, 1.31 eq) of6,6-diphenylfulvene in 20 ml of dehydrated THF was dropwise added over aperiod of 20 minutes (dark red slurry). The ice bath was removed, andthe solution was stirred at room temperature for 65 hours. The resultingdark reddish brown solution was poured into 100 ml of a dilutedhydrochloric acid solution to perform quenching. From the aqueous layer,the soluble component was extracted with diethyl ether, and the organicphase was washed with 100 ml of a saturated saline solution. Thedispensed organic phase was dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ wasfiltered off, and from the filtrate the solvent was vacuum distilled offby a rotary evaporator to obtain an orangy yellow amorphous product. Theamorphous product was washed with methanol, then filtered and dried in avacuum disiccator to obtain 3.31 g of a slightly yellow powder (yield:79%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ0.86-1.40 (m, 24H, —CH₃ ofOMOHDBFlu), 1.60-1.62 (m, 8H, —CH₂— of OMOHDBFlu), 2.8-3.1 (br, 2H,—CH₂— of Cp), 5.37, 5.42 (s, 1H, 9-H of OMOHDBFlu), 6.0-6.6 (br, 3H,—CH— of Cp), 6.9-7.5 (br, 14H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu, Ph-H of Bridge)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethane

In a 30 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.92 g (1.48 mmol, 1 eq)of1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 20 ml of dehydrated THF was added,and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution.The solution was cooled with an ice bath (light orangy brown solution).To the solution, 1.0 ml (1.63 mmol, 1.10 eq) of a hexane solution ofn-BuLi was dropwise added. Then, the ice bath was removed, and thesolution was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours (dark redsolution). The solution was cooled with an ice bath, and to thesolution, 1.05 ml (8.28 mmol, 5.59 eq) of chlorotrimethylsilane wasdropwise added by a syringe (dark brown solution). The ice bath wasremoved, and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours.The resulting dark brown solution was poured into 50 ml of a dilutedhydrochloric acid solution to perform quenching. After the solublecomponent was extracted with 30 ml of diethyl ether, the organic phasewas washed with 50 ml of a saturated saline solution. The organic phasewas dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ was filtered off, and from thefiltrate the solvent was vacuum distilled off by a rotary evaporator toobtain a yellowish brown amorphous product. The amorphous product waspurified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent:hexane:dichloromethane=19:1) to obtain 0.62 g a light yellow amorphousproduct (yield: 61%)

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ-0.22 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),0.86-1.31 (m, 24H, —CH₃ of OMOHDBFlu), 1.60-1.62 (m, 8H, —CH₂— ofOMOHDBFlu), 3.20 (br, 1H, 1-H of Cp), 5.52 (s, 1H, 9-H of OMOHDBFlu),6.3 (br, 2H, —CH— of Cp), 6.8-7.7 (br, 14H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu, Ph-H ofBridge)

(3) Synthesis ofdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.62 g (0.90 mmol, 1 eq)of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)diphenylmethanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 15 ml of dehydrated diethyl etherwas added, and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give asolution. The solution was cooled with an ice bath (yellow solution). Tothe solution, 1.25 ml (2.04 mmol, 2.27 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution)was dropwise added by a syringe. Then, the ice bath was removed, and thesolution was stirred at room temperature for 22 hours (orange slurry).The slurry was cooled with a dry ice/methanol bath, and thereto wasadded 20.32 g (0.86 mmol, 0.95 eq) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF)2-complex. The mixture was stirred for 24 hours while allowing the dryice to naturally disappear and the temperature of the mixture tonaturally rise to room temperature. From the resulting dark brownslurry, the volatile component was vacuum distilled off. To the residue,50 ml of dehydrated hexane was added, and then the insoluble componentwas filtered through a filter. The solvent of the resulting orangy brownsolution was vacuum concentrated, and the obtained solution was storedin a refrigerator to obtain 0.20 g of a pink powder (yield: 28%)

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ0.12 (s, H, —Si(CH₃)₃),0.82-1.49 (m, 24H, —CH₃ of OMOHDBFlu), 1.58-1.70 (m, 8H, —CH₂— ofOMOHDBFlu), 5.49, 5.77, 6.34 (t, H, —CH— of Cp), 6.16, 6.18, 8.04 (.s,4H, Ph-H of OMOHDBFlu), 7.27-8.01 (m, 10H, Ph-H of Bridge)

FD-MS: m/z=846, 848, 850 (M⁺)

Example 19 Synthesis ofmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-methylphenylfulvene

To a solution of 3.78 g (30.9 mmol) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene in 35ml of THF, 20.0 ml (32.6 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithiumwas dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followedby stirring at room temperature for 8 hours. To the resulting solution,a solution of 3.73 g (31.0 mmol) of acetophenone in 10 ml of THF wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. After the reaction solutionwas diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. Theseparated organic phase was washed with water and a saturated salinesolution, then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. From thefiltrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain aliquid. The liquid was isolated and purified by column chromatography(silica gel, developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 1.70 g (7.58 mmol) ofa red liquid (yield: 25%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.39 (m, 5H),6.63+6.53+6.2.3+6.16+5.81 (m+m+m+m+m, 3H), 2.50 (d, 3H), 1.23+1.15 (s+s,9H)

(2) Synthesis of1-phenyl-1-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)ethane

To a solution of 1.92 g (6.9 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 4.4 ml (7.2 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.70 g (7.6 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-methylphenylfulvene in 40 ml of THF was dropwise addedin a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. After the reaction solution was diluted with100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organic phasewas washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then dried overmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a solid. The solid wasreslurried with 50 ml of methanol, and the resulting slurry was filteredto obtain 1.0 g (1.99 mmol) of a white solid (yield: 29%). The analyzedvalues are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.71+7.63 (d+d, 5H),7.40+7.28+7.10+6.90+6.69+6.46+5.94 (t+t+m+d+d+s+m, 8H), 4.86 (s, 1H),3.13+3.05+2.96+2.88 (s+s+s+s, 2H), 1.35 (d, 18H), 1.20 (d, 9H), 1.00 (s,3H)

(3) Synthesis ofmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.53 g (1.1 mmol) of1-phenyl-1-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-1(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)ethanein 50 ml of ether, 1.4 ml (2.3 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 2 days. To theresulting reddish orange reaction mixture having been cooled to −78° C.,0.41 g (1.1 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added,and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. Theresulting reaction mixture was subjected to sellaite filtration. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and theresidue was recrystallized from diethyl ether to obtain 0.20 g of anorange solid (yield: 28%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.03 (dd, 2H), 7.89-7.38 (m,7H), 6.96 (dd, 1H), 6.09 (t, 1H), 6.07 (d, 1H), 5.68 (t, 1H), 5.65 (t,1H), 2.46 (s, 3H), 1.47 (s, 9H), 1.37 (s, 9H), 1.22 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=660, 662, 664 (M⁺)

Example 20 Synthesis ofdiethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-diethylfulvene

To a THF solution of 1.53 g (13 mmol) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene, 9.0ml (14 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium was dropwise addedin a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. Then, 1.7 ml (16 mmol) of 3-pentanone wasfurther added at −78° C., followed by stirring at room temperature for 2days. To the reaction solution, water was added. The mixture wassubjected to extraction with ether, then the solvent was distilled off,and the residue was subjected to column chromatography (silica gel,developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 1.50 g of a yellow liquid (yield:63%) The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.52 (qd, 2H), 6.11 (t, 1H),2.53 (qd, 4H), 1.20 (s, 9H), 1.17-1.12 (m, 6H)

(2) Synthesis of2-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-3-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)pentane

To a solution of 1.99 g (7.1 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 4.6 ml (7.5 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.50 g (7.9 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-diethylfulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwise added in anitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. After the reaction solution was diluted with100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organic phasewas washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then dried overmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 2.34 g (4.99 mmol) of a white solid (yield:70%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.65+7.26−7.12 (d+m, 6H),6.12-5.60 (m, 2H), 4.06 (d, 1H), 2.80 (s, 2H), 1.80 (m, 4H), 1.38 (s,18H), 1.08 (s, 9H), 0.66 (m, 6H)

(3) Synthesis ofdiethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.74 g (1.7 mmol) of3-(3-tert-butyl-cyclopentadienyl)-3-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)pentanein 50 ml of ether, 2.2 ml (3.6 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 2 days. To theresulting reddish orange reaction mixture having been cooled to −78° C.,0.66 g (1.7 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added,followed by stirring at room temperature for one day and night. Theresulting reaction mixture was subjected to sellaite filtration. Fromthe filtrate, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and theresidue was recrystallized from hexane to obtain 0.44 g of an orangesolid (yield: 40%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.00 (s, 2H), 7.70 (d, 1H),7.64 (d, 1H), 7.32 (d, 1H), 7.31 (d, 1H), 6.10 (t, 1H), 5.71 (t, 1H),5.50 (t, 1H), 2.76 (q, 4H), 1.43 (s, 18H), 1.26 (t, 6H), 1.14 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=626, 628, 630 (M⁺)

Example 21 Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexane

In a 200 ml two-necked flask purged with nitrogen, 1.96 g (7.04 mmol, 1eq) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene was placed at room temperature. Then,40 ml of dehydrated THF was added, and the mixture was stirred by amagnetic stirrer to give a solution. The solution was cooled with an icebath (colorless transparent solution). To the solution, 5.0 ml (8.15mmol, 1.16 eq) of a hexane solution of n-BuLi was dropwise added over aperiod of 5 minutes. Then, the ice bath was removed, and the solutionwas stirred at room temperature for 21 hours (red solution). After thesolution was cooled with an ice bath, a solution of 1.37 g (9.37 mmol,1.33 eq) of 6-cyclohexylfulvene in 5 ml of dehydrated THF was dropwiseadded over a period of 10 minutes. The ice bath was removed, and thesolution was stirred at room temperature for 42 hours. The resultingbrownish red solution was poured into 50 ml of a diluted hydrochloricacid solution to perform quenching. The soluble component was extractedfrom the aqueous layer with 100 ml of diethyl ether, and the organicphase was washed with 80 ml of a saturated saline solution. Thedispensed organic phase was dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ wasfiltered off, and from the filtrate the solvent was vacuum distilled offby a rotary evaporator to obtain a brownish yellow solid. The solid waspurified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent:hexane) to obtain 1.31 g of a white solid (yield: 44%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ1.23-1.87 (br, 10H, —CH₂— ofBridge), 1.38 (s, 18H, tBu of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 2.81, 3.02 (m, 2H, —CH₂— ofCp), 3.83, 3.85 (s, 1H, 9-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 5.91, 5.96, 6.30, 6.43,6.56 (m, 4H, —CH— of Cp), 7.08 (s, 2H, 1, 8-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu),7.13-7.19 (m, 2H, 2, 7-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 7.66 (s, 2H, 4, 5-H of 3,6-tBu₂Flu)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexane

In a 30 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.86 g (2.02 mmol, 1 eq)of 1-(cyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexane wasplaced at room temperature. Then, 12 ml of dehydrated THF was added, andthe mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give a solution. Thesolution was cooled with an ice bath (colorless transparent solution).To the solution, 1.4 ml (2.28 mmol, 1.13 eq) of n-BuLi (hexane solution)was dropwise added. Then, the ice bath was removed, and the solution wasstirred at room temperature for 19 hours. The solution was cooled withan ice bath, and to the solution, 1.6 ml (12.6 mmol, 6.24 eq) ofchlorotrimethylsilane was dropwise added by a syringe. The ice bath wasremoved,.and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours.The resulting yellow solution was poured into 50 ml of a dilutedhydrochloric acid solution-to perform quenching. After the solublecomponent was extracted with 70 ml of diethyl ether, the organic phasewas washed with 50 ml of a saturated saline solution. The organic phasewas dried over MgSO₄, then the MgSO₄ was filtered off, and from thefiltrate the solvent was vacuum distilled off by a rotary evaporator toobtain a yellow amorphous product. The amorphous product was purified bysilica gel column chromatography (developing solution: hexane) to obtain0.46 g a white amorphous product (yield: 46%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ-0.03 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),1.11-2.20 (br, 10H, —CH₂— of Bridge), 1.36, 1.38, 1.40 (s, 18H, tBu of3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 3.20 (s, 1H, 1-H of Cp), 3.85, 3.87 (s, 1H, 9-H of 3,6-tBu₂Flu), 5.94-6.52 (m, 3H, —CH— of Cp), 6.68-7.67 (m, 6H, Ph-H of 3,6-tBu₂Flu)

(3) Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

In a 30 ml Schlenk flask purged with nitrogen, 0.46 g (0.93 mmol, 1 eq)of1-(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexanewas placed at room temperature. Then, 10 ml of dehydrated diethyl etherwas added, and the mixture was stirred by a magnetic stirrer to give asolution. The solution was cooled with an ice bath (colorlesstransparent solution). To the solution, 1.25 ml (2.04 mmol, 2.19 eq) ofa hexane solution of n-BuLi was dropwise added by a syringe. Then, theice bath was removed, and the solution was stirred at room temperaturefor 22 hours (reddish brown solution). The slurry was cooled with a dryice/methanol bath, and thereto was added 0.35 g (0.92 mmol, 0.99 eq) ofzirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex. The mixture was stirred for 24hours while allowing the dry ice to naturally disappear and thetemperature of the mixture to naturally rise to room temperature. Fromthe resulting dark orange slurry, the volatile component was vacuumdistilled off. To the residue, 40 ml of dehydrated hexane was added, andthen the insoluble component was filtered through a filter. To theorangy brown powder remaining on the filter, 5 ml of dehydrateddichloromethane was added to filter the soluble component. From theresulting red solution, the solvent was vacuum distilled off to obtain0.34 g of an orange solid (yield: 57%).

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ0.12 (s, 9H, —Si(CH₃)₃),1.44, 1.45 (s, 18H, tBu of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 1.68-3.32 (br, 10H, —CH₂— ofBridge), 5.62, 5.96, 6.33 (t, 3H, —CH— of Cp), 7.34, 7.34 (d, 2H, 1, 8-Hof 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 7.61, 7.65 (d, 2H, 2, 7-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu), 8.02 (s,2H, 4, 5-H of 3, 6-tBu₂Flu)

FD-MS: m/z=654, 656, 658 (M⁺)

Example 22 Synthesis ofcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-cyclopentylfulvene

To a THF solution of 1.53 g (13 mmol) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene, 9.0ml (14 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium was dropwise addedin a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. Then, 1.4 ml (16 mmol) of cyclopentanone wasadded at −78° C., followed by stirring at room temperature for 2 days.To the reaction solution, water was added. The mixture was subjected toextraction with ether, then the solvent was distilled off, and theresidue was subjected to column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 1.18 g of a yellow liquid (yield: 50%). Theanalyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.48 (dd, 1H), 6.38 (dd, 1H),6.00 (t, 1H), 2.78-2.73 (m, 4H), 1.80-1.75 (m, 4H), 1.19 (s, 9H)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclopentane

To a solution of 1.59 g (5.7 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 30 mlof THF, 3.7 ml (6.0 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 1.18 g (6.3 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-cyclopentylfulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwise addedin a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring at roomtemperature for one night. After the reaction solution was diluted with100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organic phasewas washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then dried overmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 1.52 g (3.26 mmol) of a white solid (yield:57%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): 87.60+7.37−7.08 (s+m, 6H),5.77-5.45 (m, 2H), 4.02 (m, 1H), 2.65-2.33 (m, 2H), 1.38 (s, 18H),2.20-0.80 (m, 17H)

(3) Synthesis ofcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl))(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.58 g (1.3 mmol) of1-(3-tert-butyl-cyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclopentanein 50 ml of ether, 2.2 ml (3.6 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for 2 days. After thereaction suspension was filtered, 0.40 g (0.9 mmol) of the resultingsolid was suspended in 50 ml of ether. The suspension was cooled to −78°C., and to the suspension, 0.33 g (0.9 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride(THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirring at room temperature for5 days. The resulting reaction mixture was subjected to sellaitefiltration. From the filtrate, the solvent was removed under reducedpressure, and the residue was recrystallized from ether to obtain 0.12 gof an orange solid (yield: 15%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.01 (d, 2H), 7.56 (d+d, 2H),7.32 (d+d, 2H), 6.08 (t, 1H), 5.66 (t, 1H), 5.47 (t, 1H), 3.20-3.10 (m,2H), 2.80-2.60 (m, 2H), 2.10-2.00 (m, 4H), 1.44 (s, 18H), 1.14 (s, 9H)

FD-MS: m/z=624, 626, 628 (M⁺)

Example 23 Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6,6-cyclohexylfulvene

To a solution of 3.00 g (29.4 mmol) of(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadiene in 30 ml of methanol, 6.1 ml (58.9mmol) of cyclohexanone and 4.9 ml (58.7 mmol) of pyrrolidine were addedwith ice cooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for-onenight. After the reaction solution was diluted with 100 ml of ether, 50ml of water was added. The organic phase was separated, washed withwater and a saturated saline solution, then dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 2.00 g (9.24 mmol) of a yellow liquid (yield:31%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.54 (m, 2H), 6.16 (m, 1H),2.61+1.72 (m+m, 10H), 1.50 (f, 2H), 1.15 (s, 6H), 0.77 (t, 3H)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)l-1(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexane

To a solution of 2.38 g (8.5 mmol) of 3,6-di-tert-butylfluorene in 40 mlof THF, 5.7 ml (9.2 mmol) of a hexane solution of n-butyllithium wasdropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed bystirring at room temperature for one night. To the resulting redsolution, a solution of 2.00 g (9.2 mmol) of3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6,6-dimethylfulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwiseadded in a nitrogen atmosphere with ice cooling, followed by stirring atroom temperature for one night. After the reaction solution was dilutedwith 100 ml of ether, 50 ml of water was added. The separated organicphase was washed with water and a saturated saline solution, then driedover magnesium sulfate and filtered. From the filtrate, the solvent wasremoved under reduced pressure to obtain a liquid. The liquid wasisolated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, developingsolvent: hexane) to obtain 1.88 g (3.80 mmol) of a white solid (yield:45%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.62+7.20−7.10 (s+m, 6H),6.85-6.55 (m, 2H), 3.83 (m, 1H), 2.75+2.65 (s+s, 2H), 2.15-1.00 (m,12H), 1.38 (s, 18H), 1.08 (d, 6H), 0.75 (m, 3H)

(3) Synthesis ofcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.70 g (1.4 mmol) of1-(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)-1-(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)cyclohexanein 35 ml of diethyl ether, 1.8 ml (2.9 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling, followed by stirring at room temperature for one night. Theresulting solution was cooled to −78° C., and 0.52 g (1.4 mmol) ofzirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was added, followed by stirringat room temperature for one night. The reaction solution was subjectedto sellaite filtration in a nitrogen atmosphere. From the resultingliquid, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. To the residue,10 ml of hexane was added, and the mixture was cooled. The resultingreaction solution was subjected to sellaite filtration, and the filtratewas concentrated to obtain 0.45 g (0.70 mmol) of a reddish brown solid(yield: 48%) The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ8.02-7.10 (m, 6H), 6.10-4.40(m, 3H) , 1.46 (s, 18H) , 2.90-0.70 (m, 12H), 0.65 (t, 3H)

FD-MS: m/z=652, 654, 656 (M⁺)

Example 24 Synthesis ofcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride (1) Synthesis of 3-tert-butyl-6,6-tetramethylenefulvene

To 50 ml of dehydrated methanol, 3.0 g (24.4 mmol) of3-tert-butylcyclopentadiene and 3.24 ml (36.6 mmol) of cyclopentanonewere added at 0° C., and 3.06 ml (36.6 mmol) of pyrrolidine was dropwiseadded at 0° C., followed by stirring at room temperature for 3 days.Then, 20 ml of water was added at 0° C., and the mixture was subjectedto extraction with ether. The organic phase was washed with water anddried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Then, the solvent was distilledoff to obtain a crude orange liquid.

The liquid was purified by column chromatography (silica, hexane) toobtain 1.6 g of a desired yellow product (yield: 35.7%). The analyzedvalues are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ6.50-6.01 (3H), 2.77 (m, 4H),1.78 (m, 4H), 1.20 (s, 9H)

(2) Synthesis of1-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)cyclopentane

To a solution of 2.32 g (6.02 mmol) of1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenein 40 ml of THF, 10.1 ml (6.32 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C.,followed by stirring at room temperature overnight. To the resultingsolution, a solution of 1.64 g (8.71 mmol) of3-tert-butyl-6,6-tetramethylenefulvene in 30 ml of THF was dropwiseadded in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C., followed by stirring at roomtemperature overnight to perform reaction. After the reaction, 30 ml ofwater was added, and the mixture was subjected to extraction with ether.The organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. From theresulting solution, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressureto obtain a crude yellow solid.

The solid was recrystallized from hexane to obtain 2.72 g of a desiredproduct (yield: 78.7%). The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.47-7.25 (4H), 5.88-5.46(2H), 4.03-3.98 (1H), 2.70-0.94 (44H)

(3) Synthesis ofcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

To a solution of 0.95 g (1.66 mmol) of1-(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-1-(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)cyclopentanein 15 ml of THF, 2.12 ml (3.39 mmol) of a hexane solution ofn-butyllithium was dropwise added in a nitrogen atmosphere with icecooling. The mixture was reacted overnight while allowing thetemperature of the mixture to-naturally rise to room temperature, toobtain a red solution. The solution was cooled to −78° C. again, and0.60 g (1.6.0 mmol) of zirconium tetrachloride (THF) 2-complex was addedin a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was reacted overnight whileallowing the temperature of the mixture to naturally rise to roomtemperature similarly to the above. The resulting red suspension wassubjected to sellaite filtration to remove a white solid. Then, the redfiltrate was concentrated and dried to obtain a crude red solid. Thesolid was recrystallized from 5 ml of diethyl ether to obtain 116 mg ofa red solid. The analyzed values are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS): δ7.98 (2H), 7.45 (d, 2H), 6.05(t, 1H), 5.48 (t, 1H), 5.37 (t, 1H), 3.48 (m, 4H), 2.68 (m, 4H),2.06-0.99 (36H)

FD-MS: m/z=732, 734, 736 (M⁺)

Example 25 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml two-necked flask thoroughly purged with nitrogen, 0.72 mmol(in terms of aluminum) of silica-supported methylaluminoxane wassuspended in 20 ml of heptane. To the suspension, a toluene solution of0.65 mg (1.3 μmol) of the reddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 wasadded, then triisobutylaluminum (0.33 mmol) and triethylaluminum (1.0mmol) were added as alkylaluminum, and they were stirred for 30 minutesto give a catalyst suspension.

A 2000 ml autoclave thoroughly purged with nitrogen was charged with 400g of propylene and 2NL of an ethylene gas, and the catalyst suspensionwas added to perform polymerization at 60° C. for 60 minutes under apressure of 3.0 to 3.5 MPa. Thereafter, methanol was added to terminatethe polymerization, and propylene was purged of, to obtain a polymer.The polymer was dried under vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. The quantityof the polymer obtained was 127 g. This polymer had Tm of 128° C., MFRof 5.5 g/10 min and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.2% byweight.

Example 26 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 25, except that the charge of ethylene was changedto 3 NL. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 146 g. This polymerhad Tm of 124° C., MFR of 5.5 g/10 min and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.3% by weight.

Example 27 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 25,except that the silica-supported methylaluminoxane was used in an amountof 0.52 mmol in terms of aluminum, and only the triethylaluminum (1.3mmol) was used as alkylaluminum. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 79 g. This polymer had Tm of 124° C., MFR of 7.5 g/10 min and adecane-soluble component quantity of 0.2% by weight.

Example 28 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 25, except that 0.5 NL of hydrogen was added. Thequantity of the polymer obtained-was 49 g. This polymer had Tm of 120°C., MFR of 65 g/10 min and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.2%by weight.

Example 29 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 25, except that 0.8 mg of the orange solid obtainedin Example 5 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 97 g.This polymer had Tm of 126° C., MFR of 2.0 g/10 min and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.2% by weight.

Example 30 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 29, except that the charge of ethylene was changedto 4 NL. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 142 g. This polymerhad Tm of 116° C., MFR of 4.1 g/10 min and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.3% by weight.

Example 31 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconium dichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 25, except that 0.7 mg of the reddish brown solidobtained in Example 2 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was89 g. This polymer had Tm of 126° C., MFR of 13.0 g/10 min and adecane-soluble component quantity of 0.2% by weight.

Example 32 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 31, except that the charge of ethylene was changedto 3 NL. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 107 g. This polymerhad Tm of 122° C., MFR of 18.0 g/10 min and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.5% by weight.

Example 33 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 25, except that 1.3 mg of the reddish brown solidobtained in Example 4 was used, and the charge of ethylene was changedto 4 NL. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 297 g. This polymerhad Tm of 141° C., MFR of 58 g/10 min and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.3% by weight.

Example 34 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was NL. 0 carried out in thesame manner as in Example 33, except that the charge of ethylene waschanged to 5 NL. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 284 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 137° C., MFR of 97 g/10 min and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.6% by weight.

Example 35 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 33, except that the charge of ethylene was changedto 5 NL, and the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 262 g. This polymer had Tm of 137°C., MFR of 115 g/10 min, Mw of 112000, Mn of 62000, Mw/Mn of 1.8 and adecane-soluble component quantity of 0.8% by weight. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 95.7%, the proportion of2,1-insertion was 0.02%, and the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.18%.

Example 36 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 33, except that the charge of ethylene was changedto 5 NL, and 0.5 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 205 g. This polymer had Tm of 131° C., MFR of 310 g/10 anda decane-soluble component quantity of 1.0% by weight. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 95.0%, the proportion of2,1-insertion was 0.03%, and the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.20%.

Example 37 Pressure solution polymerization of propylene and 1-buteneusingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

A 2000 ml polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogen wascharged with 900 ml of dry hexane and 30 g of 1-butene at ordinarytemperature. Then, the internal temperature of the polymerizationapparatus was raised to 70° C., and the apparatus was pressurized to 0.7MPa with propylene. To the polymerization apparatus, a catalyst solutionobtained by adding 0.9 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane(available from Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 1.0 mg (2 μmol)of the reddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 andtriisobutylaluminum (1.0 mmol) were added, and polymerization wasconducted for 30 minutes with maintaining the internal temperature at70° C. and the propylene pressure at 0.7 MPa. Thereafter, methanol wasadded to terminate the polymerization. After the pressure was released,a polymer was precipitated from the polymer solution with methanol anddried under vacuum at 130° C. for 12 hours. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 9.95 g. This polymer had Tm of 102.7° C. and an intrinsicviscosity (η) of 0.89 dl/g.

Example 38

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 37,except that the charge of 1-butene was changed to 60 g. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 7.31 g. This polymer had Tm of 73.6° C. and anintrinsic viscosity (η) of 0.94 dl/g.

Example 39

A 2000 ml polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogen wascharged with 750 ml of dry hexane and 40 g of 1-butene at ordinarytemperature. Then, the internal temperature of the polymerizationapparatus was raised to 50° C., and the apparatus was pressurized to 0.7MPa with propylene. To the polymerization apparatus, a catalyst solutionobtained by adding 1.35 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane(available from Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 1.5 mg (3 μmol)of the reddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 andtriisobutylaluminum (1.0 mmol) were added, and polymerization wasconducted for 30 minutes with maintaining the internal temperature at50° C. and the propylene pressure at 0.7 MPa. Thereafter, methanol wasadded to terminate the polymerization. After the pressure was released,a polymer was precipitated from the polymer solution with methanol anddried under vacuum at 130° C. for 12 hours. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 30.0 g. This polymer had Tm of 108.1° C. and an intrinsicviscosity (η) of 2.13 dl/g.

Example 40

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 39,except that the charge of dry hexane was changed to 700 ml, and thecharge of 1-butene was changed to 60 g. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 39.0 g. This polymer had Tm of 80.0° C. and an intrinsicviscosity (η) of 1.83 dl/g.

Example 41

A 1000 ml polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogen wascharged with 830 ml of dry hexane and 70 ml of 1-butene at ordinarytemperature. Then, the internal temperature of the polymerizationapparatus was raised to 40° C., and the apparatus was pressurized to 0.5MPa with propylene. To the polymerization apparatus, a catalyst solutionobtained by adding 1.35 mmol (in-terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane(available from Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 1.5 mg (3 μmol)of the reddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 andtriisobutylaluminum (1.0 mmol) were added, and polymerization wasconducted for 40 minutes with maintaining the internal temperature at40° C. and the propylene pressure at 0.5 MPa. Thereafter, methanol wasadded to terminate the polymerization. After the pressure was released,a polymer was precipitated from the polymer solution with methanol anddried under vacuum at 130° C. for 12 hours. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 25.5 g. This polymer had Tm of 100.7° C. and an intrinsicviscosity (η) of 3.41 dl/g.

Example 42

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 41,except that the charge of dry hexane was changed to 810 ml, and thecharge of 1-butene was changed to 90 ml. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 23.8 g. This polymer had Tm of 90.6° C. and an intrinsicviscosity (1) of 3.56 dl/g.

Examples 43-46

Films were prepared from the sample polymers obtained in Examples 39 to42, and properties of the films were measured.

Preparation of Film and Properties Thereof

On a press plate, an aluminum sheet of 0.1 mm thickness, a polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) sheet and an aluminum sheet of 0.1 mm thickness fromthe center of which a square of 15 cm×15 cm had been cut away weresuperposed in this order, and on the center (cut portion) of thealuminum sheet, 3.3 g of a sample polymer was placed. Then, a PET sheet,an aluminum plate and a press plate were further superposed in thisorder.

The sample polymer interposed between the press plates was placed in ahot press at 200° C. and preheated for about 7 minutes. In order toremove bubbles from the sample polymer, an operation ofpressure-application (50 kg/cm²-G)/pressure-release was repeated severaltimes. Then, the pressure was finally increased to 100 kg/cm²-G, and thesample polymer was heated for 2 minutes under pressure. After thepressure was released, the press plates were taken out of the pressingmachine, then transferred into a different pressing machine wherein thepressing zone was maintained at 0° C., and cooled under a pressure of100 kg/cm²-G for 4 minutes. After the pressure was released, the samplepolymer was taken out. Thus, a film having a uniform thickness of about0.15 to 0.17 mm was obtained. The properties of the film are set forthin Table 1.

The properties of the film were measured in the following manner.

1. Heat Sealing Temperature (0° C.)

Films were heat sealed by a heat sealer at a given temperature for 1second under a load of 2 kg/cm² to obtain a specimen having a width of15 mm. The specimen was peeled at a peel rate of 20 mm/min and a peelangle of 180° C. The temperature wherein the peel resistance was 300 g,was taken as a heat sealing temperature.

2. Anti-Blocking Properties (mN/cm)

Two films superposed upon each other were allowed to adhere under thefollowing conditions, and the anti-blocking properties were measured inaccordance with ASTM-D1893.

The measurement was made after the films were allowed to stand for 24hours under the adhesion conditions of 50° C. and a load of 10 kg.

3. ΔHaze (%)

Using a specimen of 1 mm thickness, the haze was measured by a digitalhaze meter DH-20D manufactured by Nippon Denshoku Kogyo K. K.

After a heat treatment of the specimen at 80° C. for 3 days, the hazewas further measured in the same manner as described above. Thedifference in haze before and after the heat treatment was taken asΔHaze.

4. Static Friction Coefficient

The static friction coefficient was measured in accordance withASTM-D1894.

5. Film Impact Strength (KJ/m)

The film impact strength was measured at 23° C. in accordance withASTM-D3420. TABLE 1 Ex. 43 Ex. 44 Ex. 45 Ex. 46 Sample Polymer PolymerPolymer Polymer polymer obtained obtained obtained obtained in Ex. 39 inEx. 40 in Ex. 41 in Ex. 42 Heat 110 83 100 90 sealing startingtemperature (° C.) Anti- 3 18 1 15 blocking properties (mN/cm) ΔHaze (%)0.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 Static 0.9 1.4 1 1.2 friction coefficient Film 10.1 5.78.7 8.5 impact strength (KJ/m)

Comparative Example 1 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethyleneusing dimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 27, except that 0.8 mg ofdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride wasused as metallocene, and the charge of ethylene was changed to 4 NL. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 112 g. This polymer had Tm of 132°C., MFR of 7 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 2.9 and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.7% by weight. As the stereoregularity of the polymer, themmmm was 90.4%, the proportion of 2,1-insertion was 0.79%, and theproportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.11%, so that the proportion of2,1-insertion was high.

Comparative Example 2 Bulk copolymerization of propylene and ethyleneusing dimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride

Copolymerization of propylene and ethylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 27, except that 0.8 mg ofdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride wasused as metallocene, and the charge of ethylene was changed to 8 NL. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 145 g. This polymer had Tm of 120°C., MFR of 14 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 3.4 and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 1.1% by weight. As the stereoregularity of the polymer, themmmm was 88.8%, the proportion of 2,1-insertion was 0.69%, and theproportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.31%, so that the proportion of2,1-insertion was high.

Comparative Example 3 Properties of random PP prepared usingZiegler-Natta catalyst

Properties of commercially available random PP (trade name: F637,available from Grand Polymer Co.) obtained by the use of a magnesiumchloride-supported titanium catalyst are as follows. This polymer had Tmof 142° C., MFR of 6 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 6.0 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 8.0% by weight, and the value of Mw/Mn was large.As the stereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 91.1%, and none ofthe 2,1-insertion and the 1,3-insertion were detected.

Comparative Example 4 Properties of thermally decomposed product ofrandom PP prepared using Ziegler-Natta catalyst

Commercially available random PP (trade name: F637, available from GrandPolymer Co.) obtained by the use of a magnesium chloride-supportedtitanium catalyst was thermally decomposed under the conditions of 400°C. and 100 minutes. Properties of the thus thermally decomposed polymerare as follows. This polymer had Tm of 140° C., MFR of 1000 g/10 min,Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 22% by weight,and the decane-soluble component quantity was large. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 92.0%, and none of the2,1-insertion and the 1,3-insertion were detected.

Example 47 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

A 500 ml glass polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogenwas charged with 250 ml of dry toluene, and then propylene was bubbledto saturate the apparatus. Thereafter, a catalyst solution obtained byadding 5 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane (availablefrom Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 2.35 mg (3.8 μmol) of thered solid obtained in Example 5 was added. With stirring, polymerizationwas conducted at 25° C. for 60 minutes while propylene was bubbled.Thereafter, methanol and a small amount of hydrochloric acid were addedto terminate the polymerization. The resulting polymer was filtered,washed with methanol and dried under vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.50 g. This polymer had Tm of 140°C.

Example 48 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 47,except that 10.3 mg (16.75 μmol) of the red solid obtained in Example 5was used, and the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 6.2 g. This polymer had Tm of 138°C.

Example 49 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

A 500 ml glass polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogenwas charged with 250 ml of dry toluene, and then propylene was bubbledto saturate the apparatus. Thereafter, a catalyst solution obtained byadding 5 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane (availablefrom Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 3.27 mg (5.0 μmol) of thered solid obtained in Example 4 was added. With stirring, polymerizationwas conducted at 25° C. for 30 minutes while propylene was bubbled.Thereafter, methanol and a small amount of hydrochloric acid were addedto terminate the polymerization. The resulting polymer was filtered,washed with methanol and dried under vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.9 g. This polymer had Tm of 155°C.

Example 50 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 49,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 4.9 g. This polymer had Tm of 144°C.

Example 51 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

A 500 ml glass polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogenwas charged with 250 ml of dry toluene, and then propylene was bubbledto saturate the apparatus. Thereafter, a catalyst solution obtained byadding 5 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane (availablefrom Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 2.71 mg (5.0 μmol) of thereddish brown solid obtained in Example 2 was added. With stirring,polymerization was conducted at 25° C. for 15 minutes while propylenewas bubbled. Thereafter, methanol and a small amount of hydrochloricacid were added to terminate the polymerization. The resulting polymerwas filtered, washed with methanol and dried under vacuum at 80° C. for6 hours. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 1.3 g. This polymerhad Tm of 145° C.

Example 52 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 51,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 3.8 g. This polymer had Tm of 139°C.

Example 53 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 9.61 mg (5 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 7 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.3 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 147° C.

Example 54 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 53,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.2 g. This polymer had Tm of 134°C.

Example 55 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 1.7 mg (2.5 μmol) of the orange solid obtainedin Example 8 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.3 g.This polymer had Tm of 143° C.

Example 56 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 55,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.4 g. This polymer had Tm of 140°C.

Example 57 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.7 mg (5 μmol) of the red plate solid obtainedin Example 9 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.5 g.This polymer had Tm of 137° C.

Example 58 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 57,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 1.1 g. This polymer had Tm of 142°C.

Example 59 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.07 mg (5 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 10 was used, and the polymerization time was changed to 45minutes. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 1.1 g. This polymerhad Tm of 150° C.

Example 60 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 59,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.74 g. This polymer had Tm of 138°C.

Example 61 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride p Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the samemanner as in Example 47, except that 3.15 mg (5 μmol) of the orangesolid obtained in Example 11 was used. The quantity of the polymerobtained was 0.13 g. This polymer had Tm of 142° C. Example 62 Normalpressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methypropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 61,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.02 g. This polymer had Tm of 123°C.

Example 63 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.22 mg (5 μmol) of the reddish brown solidobtained in Example 12 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 0.62 g. This polymer had Tm of 146° C.

Example 64 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1,3-trimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 63,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 1.2 g. This polymer had Tm of 136°C.

Example 65 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.14 mg (5 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 14 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 1.67 g.This polymer had Tm of 149° C.

Example 66 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butyl-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 65,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 1.2 g. This polymer had Tm of 137°C.

Example 67 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.0 mg (5 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 15 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 1.27 g.This polymer had Tm of 140° C.

Example 68 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 67,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 5.11 g. This polymer had Tm of 137°C.

Example 69 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdiphenylmethylene(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 4.27 mg (5 μmol) of the reddish orange solidobtained in Example 17 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 0.08 g. This polymer had Tm of 105° C.

Example 70 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 4.05 mg (5 μmol)-of the pink powder obtained inExample 18 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.18 g.This polymer had Tm of 139° C.

Example 71 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(l1,1,44,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,.2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 70,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.64 g. This polymer had Tm of 139°C.

Example 72 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.32 mg (5 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 19 was used, and the polymerization time was changed to 45minutes. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 1.16 g. This polymerhad Tm of 144° C.

Example 73 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 72,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 8.65 g. This polymer had Tm of 144°C.

Example 74 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdiethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.14 mg (5 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 20 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.83 g.This polymer had Tm of 150° C.

Example 75 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdiethylmethylene (3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconium dichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 74,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 3.15 g. This polymer had Tm of 143°C.

Example 76 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.3 mg (5 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 21 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.58 g.This polymer had Tm of 141° C.

Example 77 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 76,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.8 g. This polymer had Tm of 139°C.

Example 78 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.13 mg (5 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 22 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.3 g.This polymer had Tm of 146° C.

Example 79 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 78,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 3.1 g. This polymer had Tm of 143°C.

Example 80 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.28 mg (5 μmol) of the reddish brown solidobtained in Example 23 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 0.37 g. This polymer had Tm of 143° C.

Example 81 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichioride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 80,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.19 g. This polymer had Tm of 129°C.

Example 82 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 47, except that 3.67 mg (5 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 24 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.33 g.

Example 83 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 82,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.37 g.

Example 84 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml two-necked flask thoroughly purged with nitrogen, 2.0 mmol(in terms of aluminum) of silica-supported methylaluminoxane wassuspended in 20 ml of heptane. To the suspension, a toluene solution of1.1 mg (2 μmol) of the reddish brown solid obtained in Example 2 wasadded, then triisobutylaluminum (1 mmol) was added, and they werestirred for 30 minutes to give a catalyst suspension.

A 2000 ml autoclave thoroughly purged with nitrogen was charged with 500g of propylene, and the catalyst suspension was added to performpolymerization at 70° C. for 40 minutes under a pressure of 3.0 to 3.5MPa. Thereafter, methanol was added to terminate the polymerization, andpropylene was purged of, to obtain a polymer. The polymer was driedunder vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 103 g. This polymer had Tm of 139° C., MFR of 1.2 g/10 min, Mw of348000, Mn of 184000, Mw/Mn of 1.9 and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.5% by weight.

Example 85 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 2 NL of, hydrogen was added. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 55 g. This polymer had Tm of 141° C., MFR of 1000g/10 min, Mw of 69000, Mn of 30000, Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.8% by weight. As the stereoregularity of thepolymer, the mmmm was 85.8%, the proportion of 2,1-insertion was 0.08%,and the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.02%

Example 86 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 1.3 mg (2 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 4 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 49 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 155° C., MFR of 1.6 g/10 min, Mw of 357000, Mn of193000, Mw/Mn of 1.8 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.3% byweight.

Example 87 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 86, except that 1 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 328 g. This polymer had Tm of 156° C., MFR of 150g/10 min, Mw of 117000, Mn of 52000, Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.1% by weight. As the stereoregularity of thepolymer, the mmmm was 95.6%, and none of the 2,1-insertion and the1,3-insertion were detected.

Example 88 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 86, except that 1 NL of hydrogen was added, and thepolymerization temperature was changed to 60° C. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 252 g. This polymer had Tm of 158° C., MFR of 210g/10 min, Mw of 97000, Mn of 45000, Mw/Mn of 2.1 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.1% by weight. As the stereoregularity of thepolymer, the mmmm was 97.0%, and-none of the 2,1-insertion and the1,3-insertion were detected.

Example 89 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 86, except that 0.5 NL of hydrogen was added, andtriethylaluminum (1 mmol) was used instead of triisobutylaluminum (1mmol). The quantity of the polymer obtained was 295 g. This polymer hadTm of 157° C., MFR of 42 g/10 min, Mw of 147000, Mn of 71000, Mw/Mn of2.1 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.1% by weight.

Example 90 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 1.2 mg (2 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 5 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 41 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 141° C., MFR of 0.05 g/10 min, Mw of 524000, Mn of274000, Mw/Mn of 1.9 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.1% byweight. As the stereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 88.4%, theproportion of 2,1-insertion was 0.04%, and the proportion of1,3-insertion was 0.07%

Example 91 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 4.5 mg (7 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 7 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 33 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 146° C., MFR of 60 g/10 min, Mw of 115000, Mn of67000, Mw/Mn of 1.7 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.7% byweight.

Example 92 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 91, except that 1 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 24 g. This polymer had Tm of 153° C., MFR of 400g/10 min, Mw of 59000, Mn of 30000, Mw/Mn of 2.0 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 1.0% by weight.

Example 93 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 1.0 mg (1.4 μmol) of the orange solid obtainedin Example 8 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 30 g.This polymer had Tm of 149° C. and MFR of 190 g/10 min.

Example 94 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 93, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 183 g. This polymer had Tm of 153° C. and MFRof 1000 g/10 min.

Example 95 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 10.68 mg (0.94 μmol) of the red plate solidobtained in Example 9 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was4 g. This polymer had Tm of 136° C.

Example 96 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 95, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 64 g. This polymer had Tm of 143° C.

Example 97 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1.1 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 10 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 54 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 151° C.

Example 98 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 97, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 91 g. This polymer had Tm of 151° C.

Example 99 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1.1 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 11 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 12 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 147° C.

Example 100 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butyl-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 99, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 34 g. This polymer had Tm of 152° C.

Example 101 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1.1 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 14 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 29 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 147° C. and MFR of 350 g/10 min.

Example 102 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-(1,1-dimethylbutyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 101, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 43 g. This polymer had Tm of 150° C. and MFR of1000 g/10 min.

Example 103 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloiiae

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 1.3 mg (2 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 15 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 42 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 137° C. and MFR of 1000 g/10 min.

Example 104 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 103, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 84 g. This polymer had Tm of 138° C. and MFR of1000 g/10 min.

Example 105 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (0.8 μmol) of the pink powder obtainedin Example 18 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 6 g.This polymer had Tm of 141° C.

Example 106 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdiphenylmethylene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3.,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 105, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 49 g. This polymer had Tm of 146° C.

Example 107 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (2 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 19 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 87 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 144° C.

Example 108 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingmethylphenylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 107, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 148 g. This polymer had Tm of 146° C.

Example 109 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdiethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1.1 μmol) of the orange solid obtainedin Example 20 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 50 g.This polymer had Tm of 149° C.

Example 110 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdiethylmethylene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 109, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 89 g. This polymer had Tm of 152° C.

Example 111 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1 μmol) of the orange solid obtained inExample 21 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 20 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 139° C.

Example 112 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 111, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 43 g. This polymer had Tm of 141° C., MFR of1000 g/10 min and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.5% by weight.

Example 113 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1.1 μmol) of the orange solid obtainedin Example 17 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 49 g.This polymer had Tm of 149° C. and MFR of 190 g/10 min.

Example 114 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 113, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 118 g. This polymer had Tm of 151° C. and MFRof 1000 g/10 min.

Example 115 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (1 μmol) of the reddish brown solidobtained in Example 23 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 3 g. This polymer-had Tm of 141° C.

Example 116 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclohexylidene(3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)cyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 115, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 47 g. This polymer had Tm of 150° C.

Example 117 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.68 mg (0.9 μmol) of the red solid obtained inExample 24 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 3 g. Thispolymer had Tm of 143° C.

Example 118 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingcyclopentylidene(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)(1,1,4,4,7,7,10,10-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10-octahydrodibenzo(b,h)-fluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 117, except that 0.3 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity ofthe polymer obtained was 87 g. This polymer had Tm of 152° C.

Comparative Example 5 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.8 mg ofdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4,5-benzoindenyl)zirconium dichloride wasused as metallocene. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 150 g.This polymer had Tm of 145° C., MFR of 16 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 2.1 and adecane-soluble component quantity of 0.4% by weight. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 93.0%, the proportion of2,1-insertion was 0.75%, the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.06%, andthe proportion of the 2,1-insertion was high.

Comparative Example 6 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except that 0.7 mg ofdimethylsilylenebis(2-methyl-4-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride wasused as metallocene. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 163 g.This polymer had Tm of 150° C., MFR of 1 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 2.5-and adecane-soluble component quantity of 0.6% by weight. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 95.9%, the proportion of2,1-insertion was 0.80%, the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.05%, andthe proportion of the 2,1-insertion was high.

Comparative Example 7 Properties of homo-PP prepared using Ziegler-Nattacatalyst

Properties of commercially available homo-PP (trade name: J700,available from Grand Polymer Co.) obtained by the use of a magnesiumchloride-supported titanium catalyst are as follows. This polymer had Tmof 161° C., MFR of 11 g/10 min, Mw/Mn of 5.2 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 2.0% by weight, and the value of Mw/Mn was large.As the stereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 95.0%, and none ofthe 2,1-insertion and the 1,3-insertion were detected.

Comparative Example 8 Properties of thermally decomposed product ofhomo-PP prepared using Ziegler-Natta catalyst

Commercially available homo-PP (trade name: J700, available from GrandPolymer Co.) obtained by the use of a magnesium chloride-supportedtitanium catalyst was thermally decomposed under the conditions of 400°C. and 100 minutes. Properties of the thus thermally decomposed polymerare as follows. This polymer had Tm of 160° C., MFR of 1000 g/10 min,Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 15% by weight,and the decane-soluble component quantity was large. As thestereoregularity of the polymer, the mmmm was 94.9%, and none of the2,1-insertion and the 1,3-insertion were detected.

Example 119 Normal-pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

A 500 ml glass polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogenwas charged with 250 ml of dry toluene, and then the apparatus waspurged with propylene. Then, a catalyst solution obtained by adding 5mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane (available-fromAlbemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 3.1 mg (5 μmol) of the orangesolid obtained in Example 3 was added. With stirring, polymerization wasconducted at 25° C. for 30 minutes while propylene was bubbled.Thereafter, methanol and a small amount of hydrochloric acid were addedto terminate the polymerization. The resulting polymer was filtered,washed with methanol and dried under vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.7 g. This polymer had Tm of 155°C.

Example 120 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 119,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 1.6 g. This polymer had Tm of 144°C.

Example 121 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

A 500 ml glass polymerization apparatus thoroughly purged with nitrogenwas charged with 250 ml of dry toluene, and then propylene was bubbledto saturate the apparatus. Thereafter, a catalyst solution obtained byadding 5 mmol (in terms of aluminum) of methylaluminoxane (availablefrom Albemarle Co.) to a toluene solution of 2.51 mg (5.0 μmol) of thereddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 was added. With stirring,polymerization was conducted at 25° C. for 10 minutes while propylenewas bubbled. Thereafter, methanol and a small amount of hydrochloricacid were added to terminate the polymerization. The resulting polymerwas filtered, washed with methanol and dried under vacuum at 80° C. for6 hours. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 0.9 g. This polymerhad Tm of 146° C.

Example 122 Normal pressure polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Polymerization was carried out in the same manner as in Example 121,except that the polymerization temperature was changed to 50° C. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 0.9 g. This polymer had Tm of 134°C.

Example 123 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

In a 50 ml two-necked flask thoroughly purged with nitrogen, 2.0 mmol(in terms of aluminum) of silica-supported methylaluminoxane wassuspended in 20 ml of heptane. To the suspension, a toluene solution of1.0 mg (2 μmol) of the reddish orange solid obtained in Example 1 wasadded, then triisobutylaluminum (1 mmol) was added, and they werestirred for 30 minutes to give a catalyst suspension.

A 2000 ml autoclave thoroughly purged with nitrogen was charged with 500g of propylene, and the catalyst suspension was added to performpolymerization at 70° C. for 40 minutes under a pressure of 3.0 to 3.5MPa. Thereafter, methanol was added to terminate the polymerization, andpropylene was purged of, to obtain a polymer. The polymer was driedunder vacuum at 80° C. for 6 hours. The quantity of the polymer obtainedwas 102 g. This polymer had Tm of 139° C., MFR of 0.7 g/10 min, Mw of406000, Mn of 197000, Mw/Mn of 2.1 and a decane-soluble componentquantity of 0.1% by weight.

Example 124 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 123, except that 1 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 69 g. This polymer had Tm of 142° C., MFR of 22g/10 min, Mw of 185000, Mn of 80000, Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.4% by weight. As the stereoregularity of thepolymer, the mmmm was 86.9%, the proportion of 2,1-insertion was 0.02%,and the proportion of 1,3-insertion was 0.05%.

Example 125 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 123, except that 1.1 mg (1.8 μmol) of the orange solid obtainedin Example 3 was used. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 90 g.This polymer had Tm of 154° C., MFR of 1.8 g/10 min, Mw of 321000, Mn of154000, Mw/Mn of 2.3 and a decane-soluble component quantity of 0.1% byweight.

Example 126 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)(3,6-di-tert-butylfluorenyl)zirconiumdichloride

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 125, except that 1 NL of hydrogen was added. The quantity of thepolymer obtained was 135 g. This polymer had Tm of 156° C., MFR of 350g/10 min, Mw of 82000, Mn of 37000, Mw/Mn of 2.2 and a decane-solublecomponent quantity of 0.2% by weight. As the stereoregularity of thepolymer, the mmmm was 94.8%, and none of the 2,1-insertion and the1,3-insertion were detected.

Comparative Example 9 Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride containing isomer (1) Synthesis of 2,6,6-trimethylfulvene

To 130 ml of dehydrated methanol, 22.6 g (283 mmol) ofmethylcyclopentadiene and 8.50 ml (116 mmol) of acetone were added, then14.5 ml (174 mmol) of pyrrolidine was dropwise added at 0° C., and themixture was reacted at room temperature for one night. Then, 10 ml (180mmol) of acetic acid was added at 0° C. The mixture was diluted withether and water and then subjected to extraction. Then, the organicphase was separated, washed with water and dried over anhydrousmagnesium sulfate to obtain 12.9 g of a brown liquid. The analyzedvalues are given below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS, main peak): δ6.49 (d, 1H), 6.32(d, 1H), 6.17 (s, 1H), 2.14 (s, 3H), 2.13 (s, 3H), 2.06 (s, 3H)

(2) Synthesis of 1-tert-butyl-3-methylcyclpentadiene

In a 300 ml flask purged with nitrogen, 2.86 g (23.8 mmol) oftrimethylfulvene synthesized in the above step (1) and 80 ml of dryether were placed. Then, 17 ml (23.8 mmol) of a methyllithium/ethersolution (concentration: 1.4 mol/liter) was dropwise added at −78° C.,and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 2 days. Then, 20 mlof an ammonium chloride saturated aqueous solution was added, and theorganic phase was separated, washed with water, washed with a sodiumchloride saturated aqueous solution and dried over anhydrous magnesiumsulfate. Thereafter, the solvent was distilled off, and the residue waspurified by column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent:hexane) to obtain 2.04 g of a brown liquid. The analyzed values aregiven below.

¹H-NMR (270 MHz, in CDCl₃, Based on TMS, main peak):δ6.31+6.13+5.94+5.87 (s+s+t+d, 2H), 3.04+2.95 (s+s, 2H), 2.17+2.09 (s+s,3H), 1.27 (d, 9H)

Peaks derived from proton of an isomer were observed in the vicinity ofδ5.5 and 5.1. From the integral value of proton, the ratio of thepresence between the main product and the by-product proved to be about8:1.

(3) Synthesis ofdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride

Dimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride was synthesized in the same manner as in the steps (3) and(4) of Example 1, except that 1-tert-butyl-3-methylcyclopentadienecontaining an isomer obtained in the step (2) was used.

Peaks derived from proton of an isomer were observed in the vicinity ofδ7.4 and 6.1. From the integral value of proton, the ratio of thepresence between the main product and the by-product proved to be about8:1.

Comparative Example 10 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride containing isomer

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inExample 84, except thatdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride containing an isomer obtained in Comparative Example 9 wasused. The quantity of the polymer obtained was 89 g. This polymer had Tmof 138° C., Mw of 394000 and Mn of 197000. The decane-soluble componentquantity was 2.5% by weight and was large.

Comparative Example 11 Bulk polymerization of propylene usingdimethylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-methylcyclopentadienyl)fluorenylzirconiumdichloride containing isomer

Polymerization of propylene was carried out in the same manner as inComparative Example 10, except that 2 NL of hydrogen was added. Thequantity of the polymer obtained was 54 g. This polymer had Tm of 140°C., MFR of 130 g/10 min, Mw of 135000 and Mn of 34000. Thedecane-soluble component quantity was 4.5% by weight and was large.

1. A polyolefin which comprises recurring units (U₁) derived from oneα-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms in amounts of 50to 100% by mol and recurring units (U₂) other than the recurring units(U₁), said recurring units (U₂) being derived from at least one olefinselected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, in amounts of 50 to 0%by mol, and has the following properties: (i) the proportion of2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertion are each not more than0.2%, (ii) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined bygel permeation chromatography is in the range of 1 to 3, and (iii) thequantity of a decane-soluble component is not more than 2% by weight. 2.The polyolefin as claimed in claim 1, which comprises recurring unitsderived from propylene in amounts of 50 to 99.5% by mol and recurringunits derived from at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to20 carbon atoms other than propylene in amounts of 50 to 0.5% by mol. 3.A polyolefin which is a homopolymer of one α-olefin selected fromα-olefins of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and has the following properties: (i)the pentad isotacticity as determined from 13C-NMR spectrum measurementis not less than 85%, (ii) the proportion of 2,1-insertion and theproportion of 1,3-insertion are each not more than 0.2%, (iii) the meltflow rate (measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg in accordancewith ASTM D1238) is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10 min, (iv) themolecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by gel permeationchromatography is in the range of 1 to 3, (v) the quantity of adecane-soluble component is not more than 2% by weight, and (vi) themelting point (Tm) as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter isnot lower than 140° C.
 4. The polyolefin as claimed in claim 3, which isa homopolymer of propylene.
 5. A polyolefin which comprises recurringunits (U₁) derived from one α-olefin selected from α-olefins of 3 to 8carbon atoms in amounts of 95 to 99.5% by mol and recurring units (U₂)other than the recurring units (U₁), said recurring units (U₂) beingderived from at least one olefin selected from α-olefins of 2 to 20carbon atoms, in amounts of 5 to 0.05% by mol, and has the followingproperties: (i) the pentad isotacticity as determined from 13C-NMRspectrum measurement is not less than 80%, (ii) the proportion of2,1-insertion and the proportion of 1,3-insertion are each not more than0.2%, (iii) the melt flow rate (measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16kg in accordance with ASTM D1238) is in the range of 0.01 to 1000 g/10min, (iv) the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) as determined by gelpermeation chromatography is in the range of 1 to 3, (v) the quantity ofa decane-soluble component is not more than 2% by weight, and (vi) themelting point (Tm) as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter isnot higher than 145° C.
 6. The polyolefin as claimed in claim 5, whichcomprises recurring units derived from propylene in amounts of 95 to99.5% by mol and recurring units derived from at least one olefinselected from α-olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms other than propylene inamounts of 5 to 0.5% by mol.